关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 切断 切斷 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever syn 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn 集中营 集中營 jí zhōng yíng concentration camp 割断 割斷 gē duàn to cut off / to sever 浓度 濃度 nóng dù concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) / consistency / thickness / density / viscosity syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 割伤 割傷 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut 截获 截獲 jié huò to intercept / to cut off and capture syn 浓缩 濃縮 nóng suō to concentrate (a liquid) / concentration / espresso coffee / abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡 syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 截止 jié zhǐ to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off syn 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) 隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn 精选 精選 jīng xuǎn carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow syn 截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 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 撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off syn 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 阻隔 zǔ gé to separate / to cut off syn 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 绝缘 絕緣 jué yuán to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 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 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 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 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 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 对对碰 對對碰 duì duì pèng concentration (a pair-matching game) 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 剪掉 jiǎn diào to cut off / to cut away / to trim 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 燃尽 燃盡 rán jìn burn-out / cut-off 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 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 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 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 剥掉 剝掉 bō diào to peel off / to strip off 刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away 横切 橫切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 遮断 遮斷 zhē duàn to cut off / to interrupt / to prevent access 推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage syn 断 斷 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly 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 截 jié to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length syn 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) 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 与世隔绝 與世隔絕 yǔ shì gé jué to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom) syn 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 奥斯威辛 奧斯威辛 ào sī wēi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp) 英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime syn 兀 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald / duplicate of Big Five A461 syn 剐 剮 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment syn 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub syn 奥斯维辛 奧斯維辛 ào sī wéi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp) 出脱 出脫 chū tuō to manage to sell / to dispose of sth (by selling) / to get property off one's hands / to find excuses (to get off a charge) / to extricate sb (from trouble) / to vindicate / to become prettier (of child) syn 鼠窜 鼠竄 shǔ cuàn to scamper off / to scurry off like a frightened rat 凝缩 凝縮 níng suō to condense / to concentrate / compression / concentration 混充 hún chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 混充 hùn chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 刽 劊 guì to amputate / to cut off / also pr. [kuai4] 劓 yì cut off the nose 馘 guó (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 切 qiē to cut / to slice / to carve / (math) tangential syn 伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu wound / cut 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 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 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 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 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