Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "剪" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "剪" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
jiǎn
Definition
cut with scissors / scissors
clippers / scissors / shears / CL:把[ba3]
to shear / shearing (force) / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")
with hands behind one's back / trussed
papercutting (Chinese folk art) / to make paper cutouts
to edit (video images, film)
to tailor (clothes) / to trim (expenditure)
to eradicate / to exterminate
to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
to waylay and rob / highway robbery
newspaper cutting / clippings
clip and paste in a scrapbook or on cards / cutting out
film-editing / montage / to cut or edit film
shearing / cropping / clipping