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腰斩

yāo zhǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
  2. 2. to cut sth in half
  3. 3. to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
  4. 4. to terminate
  5. 5. to cut short