拔刀相助
bá dāo xiāng zhù
Pinyin

Definition

拔刀相助
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bá dāo xiāng zhù
  1. see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
刀
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
助
zhù
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to assist
帮助
bāng zhù
  1. 1 assistance
  2. 2 aid
  3. 3 to help
  4. 4 to assist
援助
yuán zhù
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to aid
  4. 4 aid
  5. 5 assistance
相
Xiāng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
相册
xiàng cè
  1. 1 photo album
相爱
xiāng ài
  1. 1 to love each other
相机
xiàng jī
  1. 1 camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhào xiàng jī])
  2. 2 at the opportune moment
  3. 3 as the circumstances allow
相当
xiāng dāng
  1. 1 equivalent to
  2. 2 appropriate
  3. 3 considerably
  4. 4 to a certain extent
  5. 5 fairly
  6. 6 quite
相亲
xiāng qīn
  1. 1 blind date
  2. 2 arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiàng qīn])
  3. 3 to be deeply attached to each other
相遇
xiāng yù
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to encounter
  3. 3 to come across
相关
xiāng guān
  1. 1 related
  2. 2 relevant
  3. 3 pertinent
  4. 4 to be interrelated
  5. 5 (statistics) correlation
真相
zhēn xiàng
  1. 1 the truth about sth
  2. 2 the actual facts
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
长相
zhǎng xiàng
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 looks
  3. 3 profile
  4. 4 countenance
互助
Hù zhù
  1. 1 Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
亮相
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
借助
jiè zhù
  1. 1 to draw support from
  2. 2 with the help of

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
一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
  1. 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
  2. 2 passing the buck to and fro
  3. 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
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
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
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)
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared

Sample Sentences

今天真是多亏了你，要不是你拔刀相助，我都不敢站出来。
jīntiān zhēn shì duōkuī le nǐ ，yàobùshì nǐ bádāoxiāngzhù ，wǒ dōu bùgǎn zhànchūlai 。
Today is really all thanks to you. If you didn't get involved, I wouldn't have had the courage to stand up.
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那也不是。但是朋友受了委屈，够哥们儿的话，肯定要拔刀相助。否则太不男人了。
nà yě bù shì 。dànshì péngyou shòu le wěiqū ，gòu gēmenr dehuà ，kěndìng yào bádāoxiāngzhù 。fǒuzé tài bù nánrén le 。
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