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3
刀
sword
Composition
Components
刀
sword
Sounds
d-
Dracula
-ao
barn
1
outside the entrance
Pinyin
dao1
•
dāo
Meaning
Primary
sword
Mnemonic
[d-] Dracula
is in
[1] front
of the
[-ao] barn
. Rather, he is pinned to the barn by a giant
刀 sword
. He isn't dead yet, since he is a vampire after all, but he is trying to pull the
刀 sword
out so that he can escape before the sun rises.
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Found In Words
kāidāo
開刀
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刀子
knife
jiǎndāo
剪刀
scissors
dāochā
刀叉
knife and fork
tìdāo
剃刀
razor
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