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砍伐

kǎn fá

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

砍伐 (kǎn fá) means "to hew; to cut down". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 砍伐 means

1. to hew
2. to cut down

The characters in 砍伐

• 砍kǎnto chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
• 伐fáto cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against

Example sentences

• 汤姆在后院砍伐了一棵树。
  Tāngmǔ zàihòu yuàn kǎnfá le yī kē shù.
  Tom cut down a tree in his yard.
• 在加拿大有很多区域砍伐树木是非法的。
  Zài Jiānádà yǒu hěn duō qūyù kǎnfá shùmù shì fēifǎ de.
  In Canada, there are many areas where it is illegal to log trees.
• 棕榈油制造是导致印度尼西亚森林砍伐的主要原因。
  Zōnglǘyóu zhìzào shì dǎozhì Yìndùníxīyà sēnlín kǎnfá de zhǔyào yuányīn.
  Palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.

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