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Trad. 斧鉞之誅
- to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
Trad. 斧鉞湯鑊
- battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
- supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
- uncanny workmanship
- superlative craftsmanship
Trad. 不避斧鉞
- not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)
- not afraid of dying in combat
- not afraid of being executed
- supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
- uncanny workmanship
- superlative craftsmanship
- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- fig. to follow a principle
- fig. to act as matchmaker
Trad. 班門弄斧
- to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
Trad. 刀鋸斧鉞
- knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
Trad. 鐮刀斧頭
- the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)