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Meaning of 删

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(Trad.: 刪)
Pinyin: shān
English Definition: to delete
Chinese Definition:
①削除文辞中的某些字句:删除。删改。删减。删定。删节。删夷(亦作“删刈”)。删繁就简。
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Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Ideographic: To cut out passages from a book
Character Formation:
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Example Words
删除 shān chú to delete; to cancel
删改 shān gǎi to edit; to modify; to alter (written material)
删节 shān jié to abridge; to cut a text down to size for publication
删减 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text); to edit out (of a movie); to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
增删 zēng shān add and delete
More: 删* | *删 | *删*
Example Sentences
1
So I delete the ones that need it.
2
Several words have been deleted from the report.
3
Those words were exscinded from the text.
4
Sure online dating is a numbers game, but if you aren't an educated player, your email may end up deleted by the time someone reads the third sentence.
5
Simply don't upload them to the web, ever, because trying to delete them after you sober up is a tough proposition.