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前沿 qián yán (military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
前线 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
刺骨 piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
挖苦 to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5]
切削 qiē xiāo to cut / cutting / machining
剪报 jiǎn bào newspaper cutting / clippings
采煤 cǎi méi coal mining / coal extraction / coal cutting
新锐 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing
刀锋 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
菜板 cài bǎn chopping board / cutting board / CL:張|张[zhang1]
尖利 jiān sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing
刀具 dāo cutting tool
滚刀 gǔn dāo (engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)
窗花 chuāng huā paper cutting
刻薄 unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions
减价 jiǎn jià to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting
刃具 rèn cutting tool
自刎 wěn to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
扦插 qiān chā (agriculture) to plant by cuttage; to propagate from cuttings
锋芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard
五刑 xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
根插 gēn chā to plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings
èr cutting off the ears as punishment
切磋琢磨 qiē cuō zhuó lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
剖腹藏珠 pōu cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities


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