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腰斩

腰斬
yāo zhǎn

Meanings

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yāo zhǎn
  1. 1.to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
  2. 2.to cut sth in half
  3. 3.to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
  4. 4.to terminate
  5. 5.to cut short

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to execute by waist chop
  2. 2.to terminate an ongoing series (TV series, comics, concert tour, or other entertainment)
  3. 3.to diminish by half; to be reduced to half the original amount

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