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Meaning of 斫

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斫 (Trad.: 斲)
Pinyin: zhuó
English Definition: to chop; to carve wood; to chop; to hack; to carve wood
Chinese Definition:
①大锄;引申为用刀、斧等砍:斫伐。斫丧(sàng)(喻摧残、伤害,特指因沉溺酒色而伤害身体)。
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 斤
Pictophonetic:石 indicates the sound; 斤 (axe) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
    • 斤 [ jīn ] a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd
Similar Characters: 矶
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Example Words
斫丧 zhuó sàng to ravage; to devastate
斫营 zhuó yíng to attack a camp
斫畲 zhuó yú to clear land for agricultural use
斫白 zhuó bái to strip bark
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Example Sentences
1
老虎吾兹是高尔夫球界的斫轮老手
。
Tiger Woods is an experienced golf master.
2
李白诗中有
“
欲斫月中桂
,
持为寒者薪
”
的记载
。
Li Bai's poem "For mid-chop Gui, who had paid for the cold" record.
3
第二年我们种了更多的作物
,
差不多就靠着从自家树林砍斫的木柴以及仅仅
100
加仑的燃油过了冬
。
The next year we grew even more food and managed to get through the winter on firewood that was mostly from our own trees and only 100 gallons of heating oil.
4
在美洲西部
,
大洪水削斫出一个巨大的称为
“
河道疤地
”
的区域
,
从华盛顿斯波坎向西婉蜒几百公里到喀斯开火山山脉
。
In the American West, megafloods carved out a vast region called the Channelled Scablands, spanning hundreds of kilometres from Spokane, Washington, west to the volcanic Cascades Range.