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  *砍* | 砍* | *砍
to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb
HSK 7-9
to hack to death / to kill with an ax
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
to wound with a blade or hatchet / to slash / to gash
to chop off
wanton destruction of forested lands
to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
to bargain / to cut or beat down a price
to hew / to cut down
to attack with a bladed weapon
to chop wood / to chop down trees
to decapitate; to behead
variant of 侃大山


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