伐柯

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker

to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]

surname Ke

tree branch / stem / ax handle

(literary) branch; stem; stalk / (literary) ax handle

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker