板斧

Mandarin · pinyin bǎn fǔ

Meanings

  1. broad axe
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板
bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate
斧
fǔ · axe, hatchet; chop, hew
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3–3 · ban3 fu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baan2 fu2

Cantonese word readings for 板斧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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baan2 fu2

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noun

  1. broadaxe; axe with a broad and flat head (Classifier: 把 m)
  2. (figurative) method of subduing people

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