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斬頭截尾 (zaam2 tau4 zit6 mei5) — nip off unwanted parts; remove superfluous parts; arbitrarily delete unwanted parts [Syn]掐頭去尾 in Cantonese

zaamˊ²斬tauˎ₄頭zitˍ₆截meiˏ₅尾
简 斩头截尾
Mandarin Pinyin: zhan3 tou2 jie2 wei3

Meaning of 斬頭截尾

nounnip off unwanted parts; remove superfluous parts; arbitrarily delete unwanted parts [Syn]掐頭去尾
nounverb; chop off the head and tail or end; unwanted part

Characters in 斬頭截尾

斬zaam2
chop; cut
頭tau4
head; hair; hairstyle
截zit6
intercept; stop; block
尾mei5
end; remnant; remaining part

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