腰斬 yāo zhǎn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
  2. to cut sth in half
  3. to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
  4. to terminate
  5. to cut short

CHARACTERS

腰 yāo
HSK 5
waist; kidney
斬 zhǎn cut, chop, sever; behead