zhǎn zhàn

to chop; to behead (as form of capital punishment)

Character data

Radical ⽄ (69.7)
Strokes 11
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Definitions

斬 zhǎn
  1. 1. to chop
  2. 2. to behead (as form of capital punishment)

Words containing 斬

Word Meaning
act first, tell the boss later
in war, do not kill envoys; spare messengers
act decisively to solve a difficult problem
fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
variant of zhǎn xīn
to cut off; to chop sth in half
to behead
to blink (literary)
to do sth and not report the fact (idiom)
to eliminate completely
fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
to behead
lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
to execute the whole family and confiscate their property
Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
to terminate; to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom)
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