to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop
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斬 character breakdown

catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
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car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
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war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
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towering / prominent / very / extremely / (dialect) marvelous / excellent
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Words with 斬

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"
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 blink (literary)
to do sth and not report the fact (idiom)

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