腰斩 (腰斬) yāozhǎn

  1. yāozhǎn verb to chop somebody in half at the waist; to cut something in half
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '腰斬')
  2. yāozhǎn verb to reduce something by a dramatic margin; to terminate; to cut short
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '腰斬')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 38 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Cibei Shui Chanfa 慈悲水懺法 — count: 1
  • Scroll 2 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayayasangraha (Genben Sapoduo Bu Lu She) 根本薩婆多部律攝 — count: 1
  • Scroll 42 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 8 Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 错腰斩 (錯腰斬) 錯腰斬東市其冤為何如哉 — Cibei Shui Chanfa 慈悲水懺法, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 腰斩东 (腰斬東) 錯腰斬東市其冤為何如哉 — Cibei Shui Chanfa 慈悲水懺法, Scroll 1 — count: 2