两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
Pinyin

Definition

两肋插刀
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liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刀
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
插
chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 stick in
  3. 3 pierce
  4. 4 to take part in
  5. 5 to interfere
  6. 6 to interpose
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
刀具
dāo jù
  1. 1 cutting tool
刀剑
dāo jiàn
  1. 1 sword
刀子
dāo zi
  1. 1 knife
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
刀枪不入
dāo qiāng bù rù
  1. 1 lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. invulnerable
  3. 3 untouchable
  4. 4 thick-skinned
  5. 5 impervious to criticism
刀片
dāo piàn
  1. 1 blade
  2. 2 razor blade
  3. 3 tool bit
刀郎
Dāo láng
  1. 1 Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
刀锋
dāo fēng
  1. 1 cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
剃须刀
tì xū dāo
  1. 1 shaver
  2. 2 razor
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
  1. 1 scissors
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
大刀
dà dāo
  1. 1 broadsword
  2. 2 large knife
  3. 3 machete
小刀
xiǎo dāo
  1. 1 knife
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
插上
chā shang
  1. 1 to plug into
  2. 2 to insert
  3. 3 to stick in
插件
chā jiàn
  1. 1 plug-in (software component)
插入
chā rù
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick
  3. 3 to thrust
插嘴
chā zuǐ
  1. 1 to interrupt (sb talking)
  2. 2 to butt in
  3. 3 to cut into a conversation

Idioms (20)

一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
刀枪不入
dāo qiāng bù rù
  1. 1 lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. invulnerable
  3. 3 untouchable
  4. 4 thick-skinned
  5. 5 impervious to criticism
刀锯斧钺
dāo jù fǔ yuè
  1. 1 knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
  1. 1 to get straight to the point (idiom)
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
  1. 1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines
天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
  1. 1 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
  3. 3 the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
  1. 1 treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
心如刀割
xīn rú dāo gē
  1. 1 to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
  2. 2 to be torn with grief
心如刀绞
xīn rú dāo jiǎo
  1. 1 to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你这家伙！说什么会在好朋友需要帮助的时候，两肋插刀，我看你是背后捅刀吧。
nǐ zhè jiāhuo ！shuō shénme huì zài hǎopéngyou xūyào bāngzhù de shíhou ，liǎnglèichādāo ，wǒ kàn nǐ shì bèihòu tǒngdāo ba 。
You son of a gun! You're all talk about how you'll do all you can for a friend in need and that you'd even take a bullet for them. It seems more like you'd be the one stabbing them in the back.
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你看你一个电话我就来，我就是那种为兄弟两肋插刀的人。本来打算组队打Dota的……
nǐ kàn nǐ yī gè diànhuà wǒ jiù lái ，wǒ jiùshì nàzhǒng wèi xiōngdì liǎnglèichādāo de rén 。běnlái dǎsuàn zǔduì dǎ Dota de ……
See, I came as soon as you called. I am exactly the sort of friend to sacrifice everything for my brother. Originally, I had planned to organize a team to play DOTA.....
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啊哟，怎么那么冲动啊。又不关他的事！不过，现在像他这么讲义气，肯为朋友两肋插刀的人可真不多了。好人不好做啊。
ayo ，zěnme nàme chōngdòng a 。yòu bù guān tā de shì ！bùguò ，xiànzài xiàng tā zhème jiǎng yìqi ，kěn wèi péngyou liǎnglèichādāo de rén kě zhēn bù duō le 。hǎorén bù hǎo zuò a 。
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