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斩

zhǎn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 斬

What 斩 means

1. to behead (as form of capital punishment)
2. to chop

Example sentences

• 我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。
  I flatly refused.
• 他用斧头重重的斩了一下，那棵树就倒了下来。
  Tāyòng fǔtóu chóngchóng de zhǎn le yīxià, nà kē shù jiù dǎo le xiàlai.
  The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.

Words starting with 斩

• 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive…
• 斩断zhǎn duànto cut off; to chop sth in half
• 斩首zhǎn shǒuto behead; to decapitate
• 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēnto cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch…
• 斩杀zhǎn shāto behead
• 斩获zhǎn huòto kill or capture (in battle); (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal)…
• 斩眼zhǎn yǎnto blink (literary)
• 斩杀线zhǎn shā xiàn(gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be…
• 斩首行动zhǎn shǒu xíng dòng(military) decapitation strike
• 斩新zhǎn xīnvariant of 崭新

Words containing 斩

• 腰斩yāo zhǎnto chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half…
• 白斩鸡bái zhǎn jīCantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
• 先斩后奏xiān zhǎn hòu zòu(lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom)…
• 满门抄斩mǎn mén chāo zhǎnto execute the whole family and confiscate their property
• 过关斩将guò guān zhǎn jiàngto surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 过五关斩六将
• 快刀斩乱麻kuài dāo zhǎn luàn málit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom)…
• 披荆斩棘pī jīng zhǎn jílit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)…
• 过五关斩六将guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiànglit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)…
• 两国相争，不斩来使liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐwhen two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

Characters that look like 斩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 祈qíto implore; to pray; to request
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 轩xuānpavilion with a view; high; tall
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

Sounds the same

Read zhǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 展to spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 崭towering; prominent; very
• 盏a small cup; classifier for lamps
• 辗used in 辗转
• 琖wine cup
• 醆wine cup
• 搌to sop up; to dab
• 椫(wood)
• 飐to sway in the wind