杀手锏

(fig.) trump card

Characters and words in 杀手锏

sha̅ = sh + a1

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

杀 = 乂 + 朩 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).

killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

jiǎn = ji + an3

ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon

Words with 杀手锏

杀手锏 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 杀手锏

杀手锏 currently does not appear in any sentence.