Chinese
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!hand; convenient; -er
!to rise; to raise; to get up
!knife
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alight; to fall; to drop (behind)
alight; to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
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!simp. and trad.
(手起刀落)
| 手
| 起
| 刀
| 落
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Idiom
手起刀落
- (archaic) to cut down with one swift stroke of one's sword