Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Engraving tool: A specialized knife or chisel used for carving or incising designs into hard materials such as wood, metal, or stone.
   • Burin: A specific type of steel engraving tool with a sharp, pointed tip and a beveled edge, used primarily in printmaking and metalworking.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người thợ dùng một con dao khắc để tạo ra những hoa văn tinh xảo trên gỗ. (The artisan used an engraving tool to create intricate patterns on the wood.)
  • Dao khắc là dụng cụ không thể thiếu trong nghề khắc gỗ. (The burin is an indispensable tool in the wood carving trade.)

Advanced Usage

• "dụng cụ dao khắc": engraving tool set.
  • Bộ dụng cụ dao khắc của anh ấy rất đầy đủ và chuyên nghiệp. (His engraving tool set is very complete and professional.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dao trổ: A carving knife, often used for similar artistic purposes but may imply a slightly different blade shape or technique.
• Dụng cụ khắc: General term for engraving/carving tools.
• Khắc: The verb meaning "to engrave" or "to carve."

Synonyms

• Burin: (Technical) The direct English equivalent, especially in the context of printmaking.
• Graver: Another term for an engraving tool.
• Chisel: A broader category of cutting tool, but can be used in similar contexts.

Related Phrases

• Nghệ thuật khắc: The art of engraving/carving.
  • Ông ấy đã dành cả đời để theo đuổi nghệ thuật khắc. (He devoted his life to pursuing the art of engraving.)

Related Idioms

(Note: 'Dao khắc' itself is a technical noun and is not commonly used in Vietnamese idioms. Idioms would typically use the verb 'khắc'. However, a related conceptual phrase is:) - Khắc cốt ghi tâm: To engrave in one's bones and remember in one's heart; meaning to remember something forever. - Lời dạy của thầy tôi khắc cốt ghi tâm. (My teacher's lesson is engraved in my memory forever.)