| 大刀阔斧 | dà dāo kuò fǔ | bold and decisive | |
| 斧头 | fǔ tóu | ax; hatchet; Classifiers: 柄 | |
| 鬼斧神工 | guǐ fǔ shén gōng | supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship | |
| 板斧 | bǎn fǔ | broad axe | |
| 班门弄斧 | bān mén nòng fǔ | to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom) |
| 1 | He grinds ax on the grindstone. | |
| 2 | With a swoop of his shining axe, the third tree fell. | |
| 3 | On Wall Street, the ax keeps falling again and again. | |
| 4 | All human technology stemmed essentially from the developmentof the stone hand-axe. | |
| 5 | Our handaxe is just a bit too large to use easily. |