The creature seemed calm and poised, but its great battle-ax leaned nearby within easy reach.

那生物看来镇定而泰然自若，不过它的大战斧就靠在伸手可及的地方。

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The Great Handle Fu Ax with an eight-inch blade weighing eight catties, and shaft more than five feet long, twelve hundred of them. Also termed 'Heaven's Ax'.

长柄斧也叫天钺，刃长八寸，重八斤，柄长五尺以上，共一千二百把。

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From a man who is one of the most peaceable presences I've lately encountered, a gentle giant of a mind, this car is nothing but a weapon: a very large, very Norse, not-all-that-pretty ax meant to be thrown with staggering force at a great distance.

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