sharpen one's knife(mó dāo huò huò)

sharpen one's knife

Sharpening the sword is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m ó D ā Ohu ò Hu ò, which means sharpening the sword makes a loud sound. Now it mostly describes the frequent activities of the enemy before the action. From Yuefu Poetry Collection Mulan poetry.

Idiom explanation

Huo Huo: the sound of sharpening a knife.

The origin of Idioms

"Yuefu Poetry · Mulan poetry" says: "when I heard that my sister was coming, I sharpened my sword to the pigs and sheep."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, object, adverbial; derogatory. example it is known that night is dangerous! The total meal of the miner, ~ is intended to be public. Zhu Guozhen, Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : mó dāo huò huò