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to chop
to cut down
to throw sth at sb

🖌️ 砍 Strokes

to hew
to cut down

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 伐 Strokes

砍kǎn 伤shāng

Trad. 砍傷

to wound with a blade or hatchet
to slash
to gash

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 伤 Strokes

砍kǎn 价jià

Trad. 砍價

to bargain
to cut or beat down a price

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 价 Strokes

砍kǎn 刀dāo

machete

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 刀 Strokes

砍kǎn 断duàn

Trad. 砍斷

to chop off

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 断 Strokes

砍kǎn 树shù

Trad. 砍樹

to chop wood
to chop down trees

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 树 Strokes

to hack to death
to kill with an ax

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 死 Strokes

砍kǎn 杀shā

Trad. 砍殺

to attack with a bladed weapon

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 杀 Strokes

砍kǎn 头tóu

Trad. 砍頭

to decapitate; to behead

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 头 Strokes

砍kǎn 大dà 山shān

variant of 侃大山[kan3 da4 shan1]

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 大 Strokes 🖌️ 山 Strokes

滥làn 砍kǎn 滥làn 伐fá

Trad. 濫砍濫伐

wanton destruction of forested lands

🖌️ 滥 Strokes 🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 滥 Strokes 🖌️ 伐 Strokes

砍kǎn 头tóu 不bù 过guò 风fēng 吹chuī 帽mào

Trad. 砍頭不過風吹帽

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 头 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 过 Strokes 🖌️ 风 Strokes 🖌️ 吹 Strokes 🖌️ 帽 Strokes

磨mó 刀dāo 不bù 误wù 砍kǎn 柴chái 工gōng

Trad. 磨刀不誤砍柴工

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
a beard well lathered is half shaved

🖌️ 磨 Strokes 🖌️ 刀 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 误 Strokes 🖌️ 砍 Strokes 🖌️ 柴 Strokes 🖌️ 工 Strokes