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十中(JL)
Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄓㄢˇ zhǎn
Cantonesezaam2
Taiwanesetsàm
- Meaning
- cut, chop, sever; behead
- Kangxi Radical
- 斤 · 11 strokes
Common words
- 斬首zhǎn shǒuto behead; to decapitate
- 斬斷zhǎn duànto cut off; to chop sth in half
- 斬釘截鐵zhǎn dīng jié tiě(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
- 斬草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēnto cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
- 腰斬yāo zhǎnto chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half
- 斬獲zhǎn huòto kill or capture (in battle); (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal)
- 快刀斬亂麻kuài dāo zhǎn luàn málit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot
- 披荊斬棘pī jīng zhǎn jílit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
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