刀锯斧钺
Traditional form:
刀鋸斧鉞
Pinyin (reading):
dāojùfǔyuè
Definitions:
- knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
Characters:
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
- 锯 - a saw; to saw, to amputate
- 斧 - axe, hatchet; to chop, to hew
- 钺 - broad-axe; halberd, battle-axe
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