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[小試牛刀] xiǎoshìniúdāo to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)

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        xiǎo, small/tiny/few/young
        xiǎoshí, [小時], hour/CL:個|个[gè]
        xiǎojie, young lady/miss/(slang) prostitute/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
        xiǎoxīn, to be careful/to take care
        xiǎozǐ/xiǎozi, (literary) youngster/(old) young fellow (term of address used by the older gener...
        xiǎohái, child/CL:個|个[gè]
        xiǎohuǒzi, young man/young guy/lad/youngster/CL:個|个[gè]
        xiǎozǔ, [小組], group
        xiǎoshíhou, [小時候], in one's childhood
        
        xiǎochǒu, clown
        xiǎoshuō, [小說], novel/fiction/CL:本[běn],部[bù]
        xiǎozhèn, [小鎮], small town/village
        
        
        xiǎoháizi, child
        
        xiǎotōu, thief
        xiǎoshì, trifle/trivial matter/CL:點|点[diǎn]
        dǎnxiǎoguǐ, [膽小鬼], coward
        
        xiǎopéngyǒu, child/CL:個|个[gè]
        xiǎowū, cabin/lodge/cottage/chalet/hut/shed
        xiǎoshēng, [小聲], in a low voice/(speak) in whispers
        xiǎofèi, [小費], tip/gratuity
        xiǎoxiǎo, very small/very few/very minor
        dàxiǎo, dimension/magnitude/size/measurement/large and small/at any rate/adults and chil...
        xiǎoguǐ, little demon (term of endearment for a child)/mischievous child/imp
        cóngxiǎo, [從小], from childhood/from a young age
        xiǎoxué, [小學], elementary school/primary school/CL:個|个[gè]
        suōxiǎo, [縮小], to reduce/to decrease/to shrink
        xiǎoxíng, small scale/small size
        xiǎoniǎo, [小鳥], penis (kiddie term)
        xiǎohuǒ, young guy/lad/youngster/CL:個|个[gè]
        xiǎopǐn, short, simple literary or artistic creation/essay/skit
        xiǎodì, little brother/I, your little brother (humble)
        dàjīngxiǎoguài, [大驚小怪], to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
        dǎnxiǎo, [膽小], cowardice/timid
便         xiǎobiàn, to urinate/to pass water/urine
        xiǎotíqín, fiddle/violin
        xiǎoxiàng, alley
        xiǎorén, person of low social status (old)/I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)/nasty ...
        xiǎolù, minor road/lane/pathway/trail
        
        
        xiǎocài, appetizer/small side dish/easy job/piece of cake/see also 小菜一碟[xiǎo cài yī dié]
        ruòxiǎo, small and weak/puny/the small and weak/children/women and children
        
        xiǎoqì, [小氣], stingy/miserly/narrow-minded/petty
        xiǎojī, [小雞], chick
        xiǎoxī, brook/streamlet
        miǎoxiǎo, minute/tiny/negligible/insignificant
        wēixiǎo, minute (i.e. extremely small)/infinitesimal
        xiǎocèzi, [小冊子], booklet/pamphlet/leaflet/information sheet/menu/CL:本[běn]
        
        xiǎotídàzuò, [小題大做], to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
        xiǎokàn, to look down on/to underestimate
        xiǎoxīnyìyì, cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully/prudent/gently and cautiously
        xiǎomài, [小麥], wheat/CL:粒[lì]
        xiǎodāo, knife/CL:把[bǎ]
        xiǎochī, snack/refreshments/CL:家[jiā]
        xiǎoqū, [小區], neighborhood/district
        xiǎoyìsi, small token/mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
        Xiǎoshuōjiā/xiǎoshuōjiā, [小說家], School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhū zǐ bǎ...
        xiǎorénwù, nonentity/a nobody
        xiǎochuán, boat
        wúmíngxiǎozú, [無名小卒], insignificant soldier (idiom)/a nobody/nonentity
        xiǎobào, [小報], tabloid newspaper
        xiǎodòngzuò, [小動作], bad habit (e.g. nose-picking)/petty maneuver/dirty trick/gamesmanship
        xiǎochē, [小車], small model car/mini-car/small horse-cart/barrow/wheelbarrow/type of folk dance
        xiǎocōngming, [小聰明], clever-clever/clever in trivial matters/sharp but petty-minded
        Xiǎotáoqì/xiǎotáoqì, [小淘氣], Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero, rascal
        xiǎoérkē, [小兒科], pediatrics/pediatric (department)/sth of little importance/trifle/a child's play...
        xiǎodào, bypath/trail/bribery as a means of achieving a goal/minor arts (Confucian refere...
        xiǎoxīnjǐnshèn, [小心謹慎], cautious and timid (idiom); prudent/careful
        xìxiǎo, [細小], tiny/fine/minute
        xiǎohào, [小號], trumpet/small size (clothes etc)/(coll.) number one/to urinate/(humble) our stor...
        
        jiāoxiǎo, [嬌小], petite/delicate/dainty
        
        xiǎofàn, [小販], peddler/hawker
        xiǎodàoxiāoxi, hearsay/gossip
        xiǎoqiǎo, small and exquisite/delicate/fine (features)/compact/nifty
        xiǎoyàng, [小樣], galley proof (printing)/unimpressive/(coll.) little guy (mild insult also used a...
        
        
        xiǎoxuéshēng, [小學生], primary school student/schoolchild/CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]/(fig.) beginner
        xiǎotuǐ, lower leg (from knee to ankle)/shank
        xiǎoér/xiǎor, [小兒], young child/(humble) my son, (coll.) early childhood/baby boy
        ǎixiǎo, short and small/low and small/undersized
        LǐXiǎolóng, [李小龍], Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
        xiǎodiào, [小調], xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre/minor key (in music)
        xiǎonǚ, my daughter (humble)
        
        xiáxiǎo, [狹小], narrow
        
        shòuxiǎo, slightly-built/petite
        
        xiǎomǎ, [小馬], colt/pony
        
        xiǎoqìguǐ, [小氣鬼], miser/penny-pincher
        xiǎojié, [小節], a minor matter/trivia/bar (music)
        xiǎohé, brook
        
        xiǎoxíngxīng, asteroid/minor planet
        xiǎoniú, calf/(coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
        xiǎogǒu, pup/puppy
        
        xiǎomèi, little sister/girl/(Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealin...
        
        xiǎojìng, [小徑], alley
        
        
        Xiǎoxuě, Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th...
        
便         dàxiǎobiàn, using the toilet/urination and defecation
        xiǎomàibù, [小賣部], kiosk/snack counter/retail department or section inside a larger business
        
        xiǎodǎxiǎonào, [小打小鬧], small-scale
        
        
        
        xiǎobái, (slang) novice/greenhorn/fool/idiot/abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiǎo bái liǎn], pretty boy
        xiǎobiànzi, [小辮子], pigtail/(fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon b...
        Xiǎoyě, Ono (Japanese surname and place name)
        
        
        
        yòuxiǎo, young/immature
        
        xiǎoyú, [小於], less than, <
        Xiǎoquán, Koizumi (name)/KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-...
        
        
        xiǎoxīnyǎn, narrow-minded/petty
        xiǎojiùzi, (coll.) wife's younger brother
        dàjiēxiǎoxiàng, great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
        
        
        xiǎojīnglíng, [小精靈], elf
        xiǎocháng, [小腸], small intestine
        xiǎoqì, to rest for a bit/to take a breather
        dàhūxiǎojiào, to shout and quarrel/to make a big fuss
        duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō, [短篇小說], short story
        xiǎotíqínshǒu, violinist/fiddler
        xiǎotān, [小攤], vendor's stall
        xiǎohuǒr, [小伙兒], erhua variant of 小伙[xiǎo huǒ]
        xiǎofù, underbelly/lower abdomen
        xiǎoqìchē, [小汽車], compact car
        
        xuèxiǎobǎn, blood platelet
        XiǎoXūn, Xiao Xun (1989-), Taiwan actress
        kāixiǎochāi, [開小差], to be absent-minded/to desert/to abscond from the army/absent without leave (AWO...
        xiǎowūjiàndàwū, [小巫見大巫], lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)/fig. to pale into ins...
        xiǎoyízi, see 小姨[xiǎo yí]
        
        xiǎoqīngnián, young person/youngster
        xiǎojiǎo, [小腳], bound feet (traditional)
        
        yīxiǎocuō, handful (of)
        fēitóngxiǎokě, extremely important/no small matter
        xiǎoliǎngkǒu, [小兩口], (coll.) young married couple
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        jiǎnxiǎo, [減小], to reduce/to decrease/to diminish
        xiǎozhǐ, little finger
        Xiǎolín, Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
        
        
        xiǎoyǔ, light rain/drizzle
        
        xiǎoyèqǔ, serenade
        xiǎosuànpán, [小算盤], lit. small abacus/fig. selfish calculations/bean-counting
        
        kōngzhōngxiǎojiě, stewardess/air hostess
        xiǎochīdiàn, snack bar/lunch room/CL:家[jiā]
        
        
        
        
        diāochóngxiǎojì, [雕蟲小技], insignificant talent/skill of no high order/minor accomplishment
        
        xiǎozú, foot soldier/minor figure/a nobody/(chess) pawn
        xiǎoqǔ, popular song/folk tune/ballad
        xiǎoérmábìzhèng, [小兒麻痺症], poliomyelitis/infantile paralysis
        xiǎonǎo, [小腦], cerebellum (part of the brain)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        dàtóngxiǎoyì, [大同小異], virtually the same/differing only on small points
        
        xiǎobèi, [小輩], the younger generation
        
        Xiǎomǐ/xiǎomǐ, Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010, millet
        xiǎofěn, (wheat) starch/amylum
        
        
        
        
        dàdàxiǎoxiǎo, large and small/of all sizes
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        Xiǎodǎo/xiǎodǎo, [小島], Kojima (Japanese surname and place name), isle
        
        
        
        xiǎomǔzhǐ, little finger/pinkie
        yánqíngxiǎoshuō, [言情小說], romantic fiction
        xiǎodòu, see 紅豆|红豆[hóng dòu]
        xiǎoyǎ, one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
        
        
        
        
        xiǎosūdá, [小蘇打], baking soda/sodium bicarbonate
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        xiǎojiě, to urinate/to empty one's bladder
        xiǎoshì, [小視], to belittle/to look down upon/to despise
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎoxióngmāo, [小熊貓], lesser panda/red panda/firefox
        xiǎoliàng, a small quantity
        
        
        xiǎomíng, pet name for a child/childhood name
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        xiǎoshùdiǎn, [小數點], decimal point
        xiǎolǎopó, concubine/mistress/(dialect) woman
        
        
        
        
        xiǎoqù, [小覷], to despise/to have contempt for
        
        
        
        
        
        
        duǎnxiǎojīnghàn, (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)/(of an article) concise and forceful
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎoxiě, [小寫], lowercase
        xiǎobàn, a portion smaller than a half/the lesser part/the smaller part
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎojiāziqì, [小家子氣], petty/small-minded
        
        xiǎoshìniúdāo, [小試牛刀], to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
        
        
        xiǎorìzi, simple life
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎohuáng, [小黃], (coll.) taxicab (Tw)
        xiǎogū, husband's younger sister/sister-in-law
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎowǒ, the self/the individual
        xiǎoshù, [小數], small figure/small amount/the part of a number to the right of the decimal point...
        bùjūxiǎojié, [不拘小節], to not bother about trifles (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎobiàn, [小辮], pigtail
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        xiǎochǎn, [小產], to miscarry/a miscarriage/an abortion
        xiǎobāo, packet
        xiǎochéng, small town
        Xiǎokāng/xiǎokāng, Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Dà t...
        xiǎoshù, [小樹], shrub/small tree/sapling/CL:棵[kē]
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎoqiǎolínglóng, [小巧玲瓏], dainty and delicate/exquisite
        
        lǎoxiǎo, the old and the young/the youngest member of the family
        
        
        
        zhōngxiǎoxué, [中小學], middle and elementary school
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
穿         chuānxiǎoxié, lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom)/to make life difficult for sb
        
        
        chángpiānxiǎoshuō, [長篇小說], novel
        
        
        xiǎoshāngfàn, [小商販], small trader/peddler
        
        Xiǎoxióngzuò, Ursa Minor (constellation)
        
        yángchángxiǎodào, [羊腸小道], road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road/fig. compli...
        kāixiǎozào, [開小灶], to give preferential treatment/to give special attention
        
        
        
        xiǎoshé, uvula
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎojīnkù, [小金庫], supplementary cash reserve/private fund/private hoard/slush fund
        xiǎolixiǎoqì, [小裡小氣], stingy/petty
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        XiǎoQiáng, [小強], cockroach (slang)
        
        
        
        
        xiǎochūn, 10th month of the lunar calendar/Indian summer/crops sown in late autumn
        
        
        xiǎomín, ordinary people/commoner/civilian
        
        
        xiǎoqiú, sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls/see also 大球[dà qiú]
        
        
        
        
        yīnxiǎoshīdà, to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
        
        zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō, [中篇小說], novella
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎoyáng, lamb
        
        
        
        
        
        
        diànxiǎoèr, (old) (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter/attendant
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Xiǎobèi, [小貝], "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆[Bèi kè hàn ...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        DèngXiǎopíng, [鄧小平], Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978...
        
        
        
        xiǎoguà, close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment
        
        
        
        
        
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        wúqióngxiǎo, [無窮小], infinitesimal (in calculus)/infinitely small
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎozhuàn, [小傳], sketch biography/profile
        
        xiǎoqiū, hill/knoll
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        xiǎojiàng, [小將], (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age/(durin...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎozào, mess hall for high-ranking cadres/(fig.) special treatment/cf. 大灶[dà zào]
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        xiǎojié, [小結], summary/short/brief/wrap-up
        
        xiānxiǎo, [纖小], fine/delicate
        
        xiǎojítuán, [小集團], faction/clique
        
        
        
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        xiǎobā, minibus
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Xiǎoyàxìyà, [小亞細亞], Asia minor/Anatolia
        
        
        
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        xiǎobiāotí, [小標題], subheading
        
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        xiǎohuíxiāng, fennel/fennel seed
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        xiǎobáicài, bok choy/Chinese cabbage/Brassica chinensis/CL:棵[kē]
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiǎoxífu, [小媳婦], young married woman/mistress/(fig.) punching bag/(old) child bride
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        Xiǎotiāné/xiǎotiāné, [小天鵝], Little Swan (PRC appliance brand), (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus c...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        shì, [試], to test/to try/experiment/examination/test
        
        shìtú, [試圖], to attempt/to try
        cèshì, [測試], to test (machinery etc)/to test (students)/test/quiz/exam/beta (software)
        chángshì, [嘗試], to try/to attempt/CL:次[cì]
        kǎoshì, [考試], to take an exam/exam/CL:次[cì]
        miànshì, [面試], to be interviewed (as a candidate)/interview
        shìyàn, [試驗], experiment/test/CL:次[cì],個|个[gè]/to experiment/experimental
        shìyǎn, [試演], audition/dress rehearsal/preview (of a theatrical performance)/dummy run
        shìshìkàn, [試試看], to give it a try
        shìtàn, [試探], to sound out/to probe/to feel out/to try out
        
穿         shìchuān, [試穿], to try wearing clothes/fitting trial
        shìyòng, [試用], to try sth out/to be on probation
        shìjuàn, [試卷], examination paper/test paper/CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]
        shìxiǎng, [試想], just think!/imagine that!
        bǐshì, [比試], to have a competition/to measure with one's hand or arm/to make a gesture of mea...
        shìguǎn, [試管], test tube
        
        
        tiáoshì, [調試], to debug/to adjust components during testing/debugging
        shìjì, [試劑], reagent
        shìyòngqī, [試用期], trial period/probationary period
        yuèyuèyùshì, [躍躍欲試], to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
        lǚshìbùshuǎng, [屢試不爽], well-tried/time-tested
        shìtí, [試題], exam question/test topic
        shìdiǎn, [試點], test point/to carry out trial/pilot scheme
        shìyījiān, [試衣間], fitting room
        shìyìng, [試映], preview (of a movie)/trial screening
        shìchē, [試車], to test drive/a trial run
        
        shòushìzhě, [受試者], subject (in an experiment)/participant (in a clinical trial etc)
        
        bǐshì, [筆試], written examination/paper test (for an applicant)
        yǐshēnshìfǎ, [以身試法], to challenge the law (idiom)/to knowingly violate the law
        huìshì, [會試], metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
        kǒushì, [口試], oral examination/oral test
        shìyànchǎng, [試驗場], experimental station
        shìshè, [試射], to test-fire/to conduct a missile test
        
        shìguǎnyīngér, [試管嬰兒], test tube baby
        xiǎoshìniúdāo, [小試牛刀], to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
        shìwèn, [試問], I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically)/one might well ask
        
        
        chūshì, [初試], preliminary exam/qualifying exam/first try/preliminary testing
        
        shìyòngpǐn, [試用品], prototype/trial product/test sample
        
        shìfēiyuán, [試飛員], test pilot
        fùshì, [複試], to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
        shìxíng, [試行], to try out/to test
        jiāshì, [加試], to add material to an exam/supplementary exam
        
        
        shìyàng, [試樣], style/type/model
        
        shìjīnshí, [試金石], touchstone/fig. test that sth is genuine
        héshìyàn, [核試驗], nuclear test
        
        
        
        yìngshì, [應試], to take an exam
        shìháng, [試航], test flight (of aircraft)/sea trial (of ship)

        Niú/niú, surname Niu, ox/cow/bull/CL:條|条[tiáo],頭|头[tóu]/newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niú dùn])...
        niúnǎi, cow's milk/CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
        niúzǎi, cowboy
        niúròu, beef
        niúpái, steak
        niúzǎikù, [牛仔褲], jeans/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        DǒuNiú/dòuniú, [鬥牛], Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy), bullfighting
        chuīniú, to talk big/to shoot off one's mouth/to chat (dialect)
        gōngniú, bull
        nǎiniú, milk cow/dairy cow
        Niújīn, Oxford (city in England)
        shuǐniú, water buffalo
        xīniú, rhinoceros
        fēngniúbìng, [瘋牛病], mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
        yěniú, bison
        Niúdùn/niúdùn, [牛頓], Newton (name)/Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist,...
        wōniú, [蝸牛], snail/Taiwan pr. [guā niú]
        
        HóngNiú, [紅牛], Red Bull (energy drink)
        xiǎoniú, calf/(coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
        niúpí, cowhide/leather/fig. flexible and tough/boasting/big talk
        niúyóu, butter
        niújiǎo, cow horn
        
        chuīniúpí, to boast/to talk big
        qiānniúhuā, [牽牛花], white-edged morning glory
        hǎiniú, manatee
        zuānniújiǎojiān, [鑽牛角尖], lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble...
        Niúláng/niúláng, Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女/Altair (star), cowhe...
        máoniú, [氂牛], yak (Bos grunniens)
        niúwā, bullfrog
        niúdú, [牛犢], calf
        rǔniú, dairy cattle
        niúpáiguǎn, [牛排館], steakhouse
        Jīnniúzuò, Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
        
        niúzǎibù, denim
        huángniú, [黃牛], ox/cattle/scalper of tickets etc/to fail to show up/to break a promise
        niúpíxuǎn, [牛皮癬], psoriasis
        
        
        
        
        niúqi, [牛氣], (coll.) haughty/overbearing/(economics) bullish
        
        duōrúniúmáo, as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)/great amount of/countless
        xiǎoshìniúdāo, [小試牛刀], to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
        
        niúbàng, burdock
        
        
        
        niúpízhǐ, [牛皮紙], kraft paper
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        niúlán, [牛欄], cattle pen
        niúshì, bull market
        Qiānniú/qiānniú, [牽牛], Altair (star)/Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女, morni...
        
        niúpíqi, [牛脾氣], bullheadedness/stubborn
        
        niúmǎ, [牛馬], oxen and horses/beasts of burden/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        
        
        
        
        
        shèniú, musk ox
        
        
        
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        niúgānjùn, porcino (Boletus edulis)
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        shuǐniúr, [水牛兒], (dialect) snail
        niúguǐshéshén, evil monsters/(fig.) bad characters/(political) bad elements
        
        
        
        
        niúdòu, cowpox
        
        
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        fēngmǎniúbùxiāngjí, [風馬牛不相及], to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)/irrelevant
        
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        niúhuáng, [牛黃], bezoar
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        niúpícài, chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
·         Àisàkè·Niúdùn, [艾薩克·牛頓], Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
        niúròumiàn, [牛肉麵], beef noodle soup
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        tiānniú, Longhorn beetle
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        niúnián, Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)
        Qiānniúxīng, [牽牛星], Altair (star)/Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女

        Dāo/dāo, surname Dao, knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/CL:把[bǎ]/(slang) dollar (loa...
        jiǎndāo, scissors/CL:把[bǎ]
        dāozi, knife/CL:把[bǎ]
        
        dāofēng, [刀鋒], cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
        tìdāo, razor
        xiǎodāo, knife/CL:把[bǎ]
        dāopiàn, blade/razor blade/tool bit
        cìdāo, bayonet
        dāorèn, knife blade/crucial point
        
        kāidāo, [開刀], (of a surgeon) to perform an operation/(of a patient) to have an operation/to de...
        luósīdāo, [螺絲刀], screwdriver/CL:把[bǎ]
        kǎndāo, machete
        liándāo, [鐮刀], sickle/curved blade to cut grain
        dāoqiāngbùrù, [刀槍不入], lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)/fig. invulnerable/untouchable/thick-sk...
        yīdāoliǎngduàn, [一刀兩斷], lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)/fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
        tìxūdāo, [剃鬚刀], shaver/razor
        dāojù, cutting tool
        
        dāochā, knife and fork/CL:副[fù]
        dāokǒu, the edge of a knife/cut/incision
        liǎnglèichādāo, [兩肋插刀], lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)/fig. to attach a great importance to fri...
        
        jūndāo, [軍刀], military knife/saber
        càidāo, vegetable knife/kitchen knife/cleaver/CL:把[bǎ]
        bīngdāo, ice skates/ice skate blades
        dàdāo, broadsword/large knife/machete
        
        
        dāoqiāng, [刀槍], sword and spear/weapons
        lièdāo, [獵刀], hunting knife
        túdāo, butcher's knife/abattoir hatchet
        
        
        zhédāo, clasp knife/folding knife
        guāhúdāo, [刮鬍刀], razor
        jiāndāo, dagger
        dāndāozhírù, [單刀直入], to get straight to the point (idiom)
        xiàolǐcángdāo, [笑裡藏刀], lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical in...
        
        módāo, to hone (a knife)
        guādāo, spatula/scraper
        cuòdāo, [銼刀], file (metalworking and woodworking tool)
        
        xiǎoshìniúdāo, [小試牛刀], to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
        dāojiàn, [刀劍], sword
        qiāndāowànguǎ, [千刀萬剮], to make mincemeat of sb/to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
        dàdāokuòfǔ, [大刀闊斧], bold and decisive
        gāngdāo, [鋼刀], steel knife/sword
        
        juǎnbǐdāo, [卷筆刀], pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
        dāoqiào, scabbard
        módāoshí, whetstone (for honing knives)
        bǎodāobùlǎo, [寶刀不老], lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)/fig. (of one's skills etc) to be ...
        zhádāo, [鍘刀], lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc)
        mǎdāo, [馬刀], saber/cavalry sword
        
        
        
        módāohuòhuò, lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)/fig. to prepare to attack/to be getting read...
        
        dāndāofùhuì, [單刀赴會], lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)/fig. to go alone into ene...
        
        dāoxiāomiàn, [刀削麵], knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
        
        èrbǎdāo, inexpert/a botcher
        dāobèi, back of the knife
        
        shuǐguǒdāo, paring knife/fruit knife/CL:把[bǎ]
        yīdāoqiē, lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity/one solution fits a ...
        
        
        
        
        
        dāofǔshǒu, lictor
        dāoguāngxuèyǐng, massacre
        
        dāogēnghuǒzhòng, [刀耕火種], slash and burn (agriculture)
        
        
        
        
        
        

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