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Jyutping jat1 dou1
Pinyin yī dāo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, literary
    with one stroke of a sword
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 他一刀砍来,我拿枪架住。
    他一刀砍來,我拿槍架住。
    • I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.
  2. Cantonese
    佢俾人从背后插咗一刀。
    佢俾人從背後插咗一刀。
    keoi5 bei2 jan4 cung4 bui3 hau6 caap3 zo2 jat1 dou1.
    • He was stabbed in the back.
  3. Cantonese
    佢二话不说,一刀捅死咗个二五仔。
    佢二話不説,一刀捅死咗個二五仔。
    keoi5 ji6 waa6 bat1 syut3, jat1 dou1 tung2 sei2 zo2 go3 ji6 ng5 zai2.
    • He stabs the traitor without a second thought.
  4. Cantonese
    斩咗一刀
    斬咗一刀
    zaam2 zo2 jat1 dou1
    • to chop once
  5. Cantonese
    凶徒一刀捅落嚟,受害人惨叫咗一声就死咗。
    兇徒一刀捅落嚟,受害人慘叫咗一聲就死咗。
    hung1 tou4 jat1 dou1 tung2 lok6 lai4, sau6 hoi6 jan4 caam2 giu3 zo2 jat1 seng1 zau6 sei2 zo2.
    • Stabbed by the killer, the victim screamed in agony and died.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    但这孩子却也有可敬的地方:他的从容,他的沉默,他的独断独行,他的一去不回头,都是力的表现,都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的,决不粘粘搭搭的,一针见血,一刀两断,这正是白种人之所以为白种人。
    但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方:他的從容,他的沉默,他的獨斷獨行,他的一去不回頭,都是力的表現,都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的,決不粘粘搭搭的,一針見血,一刀兩斷,這正是白種人之所以為白種人。
    dàn zhè hái zi què yě yǒu kě jìng de dì fang : tā de cóng róng , tā de chén mò , tā de dú duàn dú xíng , tā de yī qù bù huí tóu , dōu shì lì de biǎo xiàn , dōu shì qiáng zhě shì zhě de biǎo xiàn . jué bù pó po mā ma de , jué bù nián nián dā dā de , yī zhēn jiàn xiě , yī dāo liǎng duàn , zhè zhèng shì bái zhǒng rén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi bái zhǒng rén .
    • But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.
  2. Mandarin
    前一种人真是一把“刀”,一把轧乱麻的快刀!什么纠纷,什么葛藤,到了他手里,都是一刀两断。
    前一種人真是一把“刀”,一把軋亂麻的快刀!什麼糾紛,什麼葛藤,到了他手裏,都是一刀兩斷。
    qián yī zhǒng rén zhēn shì yī bǎ “ dāo ” , yī bǎ yà luàn má de kuài dāo ! shén me jiū fēn , shén me gě téng , dào le tā shǒu lǐ , dōu shì yī dāo liǎng duàn .
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