liǎng lèi chā dāo

Traditional: 兩肋插刀

两肋插刀 (liǎng lèi chā dāo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to take knives in both sides (idiom); fig. to go to any lengths for a friend; to sacrifice oneself out of loyalty”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to take knives in both sides (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to go to any lengths for a friend; to sacrifice oneself out of loyalty

Characters in 两肋插刀

两liǎng · two肋lèi · (bound form) rib插chā · to insert刀dāo · knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])

Related words

两two刀knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])刀surname Dao插to insert插old variant of 插[cha1]插手to get involved in两者both of them; the two of them剪刀scissors刀子knife肋骨rib两边either side; both sides插入to insert; to stick in; to plug in

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