to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half; to reduce sth by a dramatic margin; to terminate; to cut short
trad. 腰斬
Also written 腰斬【yāo zhǎn】
Characters in this word
2腰
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the waist and lower back, (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food), the waist of trousers or a skirt, (metonym) money pouch; pocket, (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7928 of 2500
斩
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to behead (as form of capital punishment), to chop
- Pinyin
- zhǎn
- Traditional
- 斬
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11375 of 2500