放下屠刀,立地成佛原为佛教禅宗劝人修行的话后用来比喻作恶的人只要决心悔改就会变成好人。例从来说孽海茫茫回头是岸,放下屠刀,立地成佛。——《儿女英雄传》英drop one’s cleaver and become a Buddha—a wrongdoer achieves salvation as soon as one gives up evil;
屠刀通常长六至八寸、宽身而尖头略弯的重型刀。英butcher's knife; hatchet;用戮刺的方法来屠宰动物(如家禽)时用的一种窄刃刀。英sticking knife;宰杀牲畜并卖肉的店家;肉铺。英butcher’s(shop);