腰斩
Word
to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
- Traditional
- 腰斬
yāo zhǎn
yao1zhan3Meaning
- to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) CC-CEDICT
- to cut sth in half CC-CEDICT
- to reduce sth by a dramatic margin CC-CEDICT
- to terminate CC-CEDICT
- to cut short CC-CEDICT