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開刀

简开刀 · 繁開刀

Mandarin · pinyin kāi dāo

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hoi1 dou1

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

hoi1 dou1

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(colloquial) to perform (or undergo) a (medical) operation (with the use of a scalpel or similar instrument)
(Mandarin, Gan, Northern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien, figuratively) to make somebody the first target of attack or punishment (as an example)
(Guangfu Cantonese) to take advantage of somebody's weakness to overcharge them; to make somebody pay through the nose
(Guangzhou Cantonese) to cut open (a fish) to sell
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to pull a knife
(figuratively) to fire; to sack
(archaic) to behead; to decapitate