斩
to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead; to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- Strokes
- 8
- Pinyin
- zhǎn
Parts
Built from 斩
Words with 斩
- 斩断zhǎn duàn · zhanduanto cut off; to chop sth in half
- 斩杀zhǎn shā · zhanshato behead
- 斩获zhǎn huò · zhanhuoto kill or capture (in battle); (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal); (fig.) to reap rewards; to achieve gains
- 斩眼zhǎn yǎn · zhanyanto blink (literary)
- 斩首zhǎn shǒu · zhanshouto behead; to decapitate
- 腰斩yāo zhǎn · yaozhanto chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half; to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
- 斩杀线zhǎn shā xiàn · zhanshaxian(gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finished off immediately; (fig.) (slang) a critical survival threshold; a point beyond which a person or household lacks sufficient buffer such that a single shock leads to rapid collapse
- 白斩鸡bái zhǎn jī · baizhanjiCantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
- 先斩后奏xiān zhǎn hòu zòu · xianzhanhouzou(lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom); (fig.) to act first and report later; to take action without prior approval
- 披荆斩棘pī jīng zhǎn jí · pijingzhanjilit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships
- 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēn · zhancaochugento cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
- 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě · zhandingjietie(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
- 斩首行动zhǎn shǒu xíng dòng · zhanshouxingdong(military) decapitation strike
- 满门抄斩mǎn mén chāo zhǎn · manmenchaozhanto execute the whole family and confiscate their property
- 过关斩将guò guān zhǎn jiàng · guoguanzhanjiangto 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])
- 快刀斩乱麻kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má · kuaidaozhanluanmalit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot
- 过五关斩六将guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng · guowuguanzhanliujianglit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom); fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
- 两国相争,不斩来使liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ · liangguoxiangzheng,buzhanlaishiwhen two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)