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剪掉

jiǎn diào

2-character word

What 剪掉 means

1. to cut off
2. to cut away
3. to trim

The characters in 剪掉

• 剪jiǎn(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind

Example sentences

• 玛丽决定剪掉她的双马尾。
  Mary decided to cut off her pigtails.

Sounds the same

Read jiǎn diào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 减掉to subtract; to lose (weight)