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锉刀
cuò dāo



锉刀
file


Definitions

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锉刀
     1. Simplified form of 銼刀
銼刀cuòdāo
     1. n. file (hand tool)
Components
     1. Simplified form of 銼
cuò
     1. carpenter's file, file smooth
dāo
     1. knife; blade
     2. single-edged sword; cutlass
     3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price
     4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people)
           刀 世-勛 - Dao Shixun
     5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar
     6. Variant of 刁
diāo
     1. (literary, or in compounds) treacherous; crafty; deceitful
     2. (literary) to tempt
     3. (literary) unkind
     4. (literary) stammering
     5. (literary) picky about food
     6. (literary) to wring
     7. (literary) to inveigle
     8. (literary) ear of grains
     9. (literary) to make (time)
     10. Variant of 凋
     11. Variant of 碉
     12. Variant of 雕
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