斩

to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop

catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g

surname Che

car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

to behead

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely

to cut off / to chop sth in half

to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) / abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4]

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail

lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical

first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"

when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

variant of 嶄新|崭新[zhan3 xin1]

lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon

to execute the whole family and confiscate their property

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

lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot

to behead

to blink (literary)

to do sth and not report the fact (idiom)