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prune

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

xiu1jian3 xiūjiǎn

Meaning


Primary

prune

Alternatives

pruning, pruned, prunes, trim, trimming

Mnemonic


When you 修剪 prune a tree, you are using a pair of 剪 scissors to cut off ugly branches in order to 修 repair it to a more beautiful state.

Usage


花園 裡 的 樹 需要 修剪。

The trees in the garden need pruning.

修剪 果枝

prune fruit tree branches

我們 需要 修剪 梅樹。

We need to prune the prune tree.