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腰斬 (腰斩)

yāo zhǎn

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

腰
=
月
+
西
+
女
斬
=
車
+
斤

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