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切除

qiē chú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

切除 (qiē chú) means "to excise; to cut out (a tumor)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 切除 means

1. to excise
2. to cut out (a tumor)

The characters in 切除

• 切qièdefinitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude

Example sentences

• 切除这块肉的脂肪。
  Qiēchú zhè kuài ròu de zhīfáng.
  Trim the fat off the meat.
• 三次测量，一次切除。
  Sāncì cèliáng, yīcì qiēchú.
  Measure thrice, cut once.
• 我得了胃肿瘤，必须动手术切除。
  Wǒ déle wèi zhǒngliú, bìxū dòngshǒu shù qiēchú.
  I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.

Words containing 切除

• 肿瘤切除术zhǒng liú qiè chú shùlumpectomy
• 阑尾切除术lán wěi qiē chú shùappendectomy (medicine)

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