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zhǎn

to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead

🔤 Pictophonetic: 斤 (axe) provides meaning, 车 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 8 strokes Common (25%)

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chē
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above
4 strokes HSK 1
jīn
a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
4 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 斩 (18)

zhǎndīngjiétiě
斩钉截铁
HSK 6
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical
zhǎn
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop
zhǎnduàn
斩断
to cut off / to chop sth in half
pījīngzhǎnjí
披荆斩棘
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail
zhǎnshā
斩杀
to kill and behead
zhǎnyǎn
斩眼
to blink (literary)
zhǎnérbùzòu
斩而不奏
to do sth and not report the fact (idiom)
zhǎncǎochúgēn
斩草除根
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
zhǎnshǒu
斩首
to behead
shāhǔzhǎnjiāo
杀虎斩蛟
lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
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