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大刀
dàdāo
1. broadsword
2. large knife
3. machete
Common • Top 20%

Character Breakdown

大
dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
HSK 1 3 丶
刀
dāo
knife; old coin; measure
HSK 4 2 丶

Compound Words (2)

大刀会
dàdāohuì
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
大刀阔斧
dàdāokuòfǔ
bold and decisive

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
16,681 of 84,292