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7-9

to chop

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

zhan3 zhǎn

Meaning


Primary

to chop

Alternatives

chop, chops, chopped, chopping, cleave

Mnemonic


[zh-] James Bond is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where there is a large 車 car stored. Unfortunately, there is no other way to get the 車 car out other than 斬 chopping it into two, as the entrance is too small (how did it even get there?). James takes a 斤 hoe and slowly 斬 chops the 車 car into two.

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