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修剪

to prune

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

xiu1jian3 • xiūjiǎn

Meaning

Primary

to prune

Alternatives

prune, pruning, pruned, prunes, to trim, trim, trimming

Mnemonic

修剪 To prune a tree is to use a pair of 剪 scissors to cut off ugly branches in order 修 to repair it to a more beautiful state.

Usage

花园 里 的 树 需要 修剪。

The trees in the garden need pruning.

修剪 果枝

prune fruit tree branches

我们 需要 修剪 梅树。

We need to prune the prune tree.