「開刀」

Entry #1
Pronunciation：	hoi1 dou1
Individual Character Meaning：	開 to open; away from; to spread; to enlarge; outside; on the outer side; away; elsewhere; to bloom; to commence; to unlock; to hold (an event); to start up; to turn on; to shoot; to issue; to dispense; to discover; to explore; to expose; to release a result; to reveal; to cut into pieces; to divide; times 刀 knife
Part of Speech：	verb
Explanation：	to undergo a surgery; literally: to open the knife (Cant.) 醫ji1生sang1話waa6要jiu3開hoi1刀dou1割got3咗zo2個go3瘤lau2喎wo5！ (Eng.) The doctor said that the tumor has to be surgically removed. to do something bad to somebody (Cant.) 佢keoi5決kyut3定ding6向hoeng3員jyun4工gung1開hoi1刀dou1。 (Eng.) He decided to cut down number of staffs. (Cant.) 政zing3府fu2要jiu3穩wan2定ding6樓lau4市si5，都dou1唔m4應jing1該goi1揾wan2市si5民man4開hoi1刀dou1。 (Eng.) Even if the government wants to cool down the property market, it shouldn't do it at the expense of citizens.
See also：	做手術剖腹生產打退堂鼓放冷箭殺雞焉用牛刀生人霸死地補刀開山刀開肚開脱 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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