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腰斬

yāozhǎn

ㄧㄠ ㄓㄢˇ

Simplified 腰斩

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

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