削发
xuē fà
Pinyin

Definition

削发
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xuē fà
  1. to shave one's head
  2. fig. to become a monk or nun
  3. to take the tonsure

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

削
xiāo
  1. 1 to peel with a knife
  2. 2 to pare
  3. 3 to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
刀削面
dāo xiāo miàn
  1. 1 knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
削弱
xuē ruò
  1. 1 to weaken
  2. 2 to impair
  3. 3 to cripple
削减
xuē jiǎn
  1. 1 to cut down
  2. 2 to reduce
  3. 3 to lower
剥削
bō xuē
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 exploitation
切削
qiē xiāo
  1. 1 to cut
  2. 2 cutting
  3. 3 machining
削尖
xiāo jiān
  1. 1 to sharpen
削球
xiāo qiú
  1. 1 (sport) to chop
  2. 2 to cut
削除
xuē chú
  1. 1 to remove
  2. 2 to eliminate
  3. 3 to delete
削发
xuē fà
  1. 1 to shave one's head
  2. 2 fig. to become a monk or nun
  3. 3 to take the tonsure
剥削者
bō xuē zhě
  1. 1 exploiter (of labor)
瘦削
shòu xuē
  1. 1 slim

Idioms (2)

削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
  1. 1 demotion to commoner (idiom)
削足适履
xuē zú shì lu:3
  1. 1 to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
  2. 2 impractical or inelegant solution

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