割伤 割傷 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 剪掉 jiǎn diào to cut off / to cut away / to trim 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 横切 橫切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 踢 tī to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) syn 割 gē to cut / to cut apart syn 划 劃 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 切 qiē to cut / to slice / to carve / (math) tangential syn 伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu wound / cut syn 切断 切斷 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever syn 明确 明確 míng què clear-cut / definite / explicit / to clarify / to specify / to make definite syn 切除 qiē chú to excise / to cut out (a tumor) syn 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 割断 割斷 gē duàn to cut off / to sever 插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 切割 qiē gē to cut syn 截获 截獲 jié huò to intercept / to cut off and capture syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 切换 切換 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 减价 減價 jiǎn jià to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting syn 截止 jié zhǐ to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off syn 逃学 逃學 táo xué to play truant / to cut classes syn 肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 鲜明 鮮明 xiān míng (of colors) bright / fresh and clear / clear-cut / distinct syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) syn 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn 咔嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 创口 創口 chuāng kǒu wound / cut syn 提成 tí chéng to take a percentage (from a sum of money) / a commission / a cut 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 高人一等 gāo rén yī děng a cut above others / superior 分割 fēn gē to cut up / to break up syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 阻隔 zǔ gé to separate / to cut off syn 降价 降價 jiàng jià to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper syn 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 绝缘 絕緣 jué yuán to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate 刀口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision syn 旷课 曠課 kuàng kè to play truant / to cut classes syn 斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half 剪彩 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) 裁剪 cái jiǎn to cut out syn 剖腹 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn 砍价 砍價 kǎn jià to bargain / to cut or beat down a price syn 刻板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing syn 剪影 jiǎn yǐng paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch syn 割裂 gē liè to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate syn 砍伐 kǎn fá to hew / to cut down syn 裁减 裁減 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down syn 开凿 開鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) syn 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats syn 删节 刪節 shān jié to abridge / to cut a text down to size for publication syn 横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally 切面 qiē miàn section / cross-cut / tangent plane (math.) syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 割除 gē chú to amputate / to excise (cut out) syn 脱钩 脫鉤 tuō gōu to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch syn 略胜一筹 略勝一籌 lüè shèng yī chóu slightly better / a cut above syn 切削 qiē xiāo to cut / cutting / machining syn 旗帜鲜明 旗幟鮮明 qí zhì xiān míng to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) syn 取巧 qǔ qiǎo quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one 因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk syn 削价 削價 xuē jià to cut down the price syn 采伐 採伐 cǎi fá to fell / to cut syn 切块 切塊 qiē kuài to cut into pieces syn 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred 断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline) 单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 血路 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield 绝命 絕命 jué mìng to commit suicide / to have one's life cut short 剪断 剪斷 jiǎn duàn to cut / to snip 心如刀割 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief syn 燃尽 燃盡 rán jìn burn-out / cut-off 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) syn 剪成 jiǎn chéng cut into 挖开 挖開 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into 