| 细磨刀石 |
xì mò dāo shí |
whetstone (for honing knives) |
| 细 |
xì |
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal |
| 磨 |
mó |
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist |
| 磨 |
mò |
grindstone / to grind / to turn round |
| 磨刀 |
mó dāo |
to hone (a knife) |
| 磨刀石 |
mó dāo shí |
whetstone (for honing knives) |
| 刀 |
Dāo |
surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo |
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!") |
| 石 |
Shí |
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家庄, the capital of Hebei |
| 石 |
dàn |
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 |
shí |
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |