(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail; (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail
trad. 斷尾
Also written 斷尾【duàn wěi】
Characters in this word
2断
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to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500
尾
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tail, remainder, remnant, extremity, sixth of the 28 constellations, classifier for fish
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9230 of 2500