Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "削" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "削" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
xuē、 xiāo
Definition
to scrape, to reduce / to pare (away) / to cut (down)
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
to weaken / to impair / to cripple
to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure
would cut clean through iron as though it were mud. / very sharp
thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow
cut / slash / hew / chop back / meat axe
to cut / cutting / machining
cut out / simplify by cutting out unnecessary details
scrape / skiving / shaving
to cut down / to reduce / to lower
to exploit / exploitation