斩
Ancient forms
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Meaning
zhǎn zhan3
- to behead (as form of capital punishment)
- to chop
Example sentences
HSK words with 斩
More words with 斩
- 斩眼 zhǎnyǎn to blink (literary)
- 斩断 zhǎnduàn to cut off
- 斩杀 zhǎnshā to behead
- 斩首 zhǎnshǒu to behead; to decapitate
- 腰斩 yāozhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
- 斩获 zhǎnhuò to kill or capture (in battle)
- 白斩鸡 báizhǎnjī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
- 斩首行动 zhǎnshǒuxíngdòng (military) decapitation strike
- 过关斩将 guòguānzhǎnjiàng to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 过五关斩六将 (guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng))
- 先斩后奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom)