理 发 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut 推 to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage 刻 quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals 伤 口 shāng kǒu wound / cut 切 换 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 切 割 qiē gē to cut 切 入 qiē rù to cut into / to incise / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / cut (offensive moves in basketball) 口 子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent 缩 减 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce 剪 切 jiǎn qiē to shear / shearing (force) / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") 切 削 qiē xiāo to cut / cutting / machining 刀 口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision 开 凿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) 剪 断 jiǎn duàn to cut / to snip 采 伐 cǎi fá to fell / to cut 撤 掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off 创 口 chuāng kǒu a wound / a cut 割 伤 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut 切 to cut / to slice / tangent (math) 削 球 xiāo qiú (sport) to chop / to cut 划 to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) 创 a wound / cut / injury / trauma 降 价 jiàng jià to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper 节 省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on 分 割 fēn gē to cut up / to break up 中 断 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt 缩 短 suō duǎn to curtail / to cut down 美 发 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair 狼 狈 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) 绝 缘 jué yuán to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate 切 断 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever 切 成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred 裁 员 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees 停 电 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 削 减 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower 切 除 qiē chú to excise / to cut out (a tumor) 分 身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition 镰 刀 lián dāo sickle / curved blade to cut grain 紧 缩 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch 划 破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 断 线 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 断 电 duàn diàn power cut / electric power failure 截 取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 斩 草 除 根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely 阻 隔 zǔ gé to separate / to cut off 插 嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation 开 山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery 截 断 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 斩 断 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half 裁 剪 cái jiǎn to cut out 截 获 jié huò to intercept / to cut off and capture 割 断 gē duàn to cut off / to sever 咔 嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] 减 税 jiǎn shuì to cut taxes / tax cut 砍 伐 kǎn fá to hew / to cut down 砍 价 kǎn jià to bargain / to cut or beat down a price 刻 板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing 单 兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 裁 减 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down 断 气 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply 平 头 píng tóu flattop / crew cut / common (people) 逃 学 táo xué to play truant / to cut classes 剪 彩 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) 减 价 jiǎn jià to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting 割 裂 gē liè to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate 内 定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 血 路 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield 剪 掉 jiǎn diào to cut off / to cut away / to trim 剖 腹 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart 绝 命 jué mìng to commit suicide / to have one's life cut short 插 队 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) 剪 接 jiǎn jiē film-editing / montage / to cut or edit film 伐 木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering 旷 课 kuàng kè to play truant / to cut classes 横 贯 héng guàn horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally 脱 钩 tuō gōu to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch 删 减 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) 割 肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 高 人 一 等 gāo rén yī děng a cut above others / superior 切 块 qiē kuài to cut into pieces 破 釜 沉 舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats 心 如 刀 割 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief 肉 酱 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 孤 家 寡 人 gū jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) 剪 成 jiǎn chéng cut into 腰 斩 yāo zhǎn 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 取 巧 qǔ qiǎo quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one 删 节 shān jié to abridge / to cut a text down to size for publication 挖 开 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into 横 断 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across 一 言 以 蔽 之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell 略 胜 一 筹 lu:è shèng yī chóu slightly better / a cut above 因 噎 废 食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk 减 薪 jiǎn xīn to cut wages 横 切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 削 价 xuē jià to cut down the price 头 家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 锅 盖 头 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle) 遮 断 zhē duàn to cut off / to interrupt / to prevent access 断 to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
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