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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.whittle; cut; (mainly as part of a compound word) pare; peel; (same as 削)
他把树枝削成了帐篷桩。
He whittled the branch into a tent peg.
她在厨房里坐下，开始削土豆。
She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
你给我削苹果好不好？
Will you peel the apples for me?
- 2
v.reduce; dwindle; diminish; lessen
削减
reduce
削价
cut prices
削弱
weaken
- 3
v.remove
删削
pruning
削职
remove from office
削平
scabble
- 4
v.plunder
剥削
exploit
Words and phrases with 削
- 削弱[word]weaken; weaken
- 削正[word]make corrections
- 削发剪[word]thinning shears
- 削肩[word]slopping shoulders
- 削平[word]suppress
- 削职[word]be removed from office
- 削峰[word]peak clipping
- 削发[word]shave one's head
- 削裂[word]stripping
- 削铁如泥[idiom]cut through iron as if it were mud—be keen-edged
- 削足适履[idiom]cut the feet to fit the shoes
- 削肩细腰[idiom]be slim-waisted, with somewhat sloping shoulders
- 削株掘根[idiom]eliminate the source of something evil
- 削发为僧[idiom]shave one's head and become a monk
- 削发披缁[idiom]shave one's head and become a monk
- 削职为民[idiom]be dismissed from one's office and become a common citizen
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "xuē", it is in the literary language; when pronounced as "xiāo", it is in the spoken language. In spoken language, it can refer to using a knife to remove the skin of an object, such as "削苹果"; the "削" of "削球" in table tennis is a metaphor, and is also pronounced as "xiāo" .