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斩

zhǎn

cut, chop, sever; behead

Strokes
8
Radical
斤
HSK
6
Tone
3

Traditional form: 斬

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。

    Wǒ zhǎn dīng jié tiě de jù jué le

    I flatly refused.

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Words containing 斩

  • 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě 3–1–2–3lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
  • 斩zhǎn 3to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
  • 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēn 3–3–2–1 → 2–3–2–1to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely