削
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Definitions
- 1. to peel with a knife
- 2. to pare
- 3. to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
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削 is commonly used with 皮 (peel skin), 苹果 (peel apples), or in sports for cutting a ball.
Common mistakes
Don't confuse 削 (xiāo, peel with a knife) with 消 (xiāo, disappear); 削 is only for peeling/cutting with a blade.
Example Sentences
2 shown他在 削 苹果。
將蘋果 削 皮。
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Words Containing 削
to weaken
to exploit
(golf, tennis) undercut
knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
to cut
to cut down the price
to sharpen
clipping (signal processing)
to cut down
(sport) to chop
thin
demotion
demotion to commoner (idiom)
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
to sharpen a pencil
pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
to remove
to shave one's head
exploiter (of labor)
exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
to reduce
slim
person suffering exploitation
precipitous