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  • 1

    v.castrate; spay; neuter

    • yān gē zhū

      阉割

      castrate/neuter a hog

    • huà xué yān gē

      化学阉割

      chemical castration

    • wù lǐ yān gē

      物理阉割

      surgical castration

  • 2

    v.derogmetaemasculate; deprive a theory, etc. of its essence

    • yóu yú shān diào le shí shī tiáo kuǎn zhè xiàng fǎ àn bèi yān gē le

      由于删掉实施条款法案阉割

      The bill was castrated by the removal of the enforcement clause.

    • bǎ sī xiǎng de jīng suǐ yān gē diào

      思想精髓阉割

      emasculate the essence of the thought