剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

剪纸
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jiǎn zhǐ
  1. papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. to make paper cutouts

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

剪
Jiǎn
  1. 1 surname Jian
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
  1. 1 scissors
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
剪成
jiǎn chéng
  1. 1 cut into
剪掉
jiǎn diào
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to cut away
  3. 3 to trim
剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. 2 to make paper cutouts
剪裁
jiǎn cái
  1. 1 to tailor (clothes)
  2. 2 to trim (expenditure)
剪辑
jiǎn jí
  1. 1 to edit (video images, film)
修剪
xiū jiǎn
  1. 1 to prune
  2. 2 to trim
删剪
shān jiǎn
  1. 1 to cut (from a movie etc)
  2. 2 to censor
剪切
jiǎn qiē
  1. 1 to shear
  2. 2 shearing (force)
  3. 3 (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")
剪报
jiǎn bào
  1. 1 newspaper cutting
  2. 2 clippings
剪子
jiǎn zi
  1. 1 clippers
  2. 2 scissors
  3. 3 shears
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
剪彩
jiǎn cǎi
  1. 1 to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
剪影
jiǎn yǐng
  1. 1 paper-cut silhouette
  2. 2 outline
  3. 3 sketch
剪接
jiǎn jiē
  1. 1 film-editing
  2. 2 montage
  3. 3 to cut or edit film
剪断
jiǎn duàn
  1. 1 to cut
  2. 2 to snip
剪枝
jiǎn zhī
  1. 1 to prune (branches etc)
剪贴板
jiǎn tiē bǎn
  1. 1 clipboard (computing)
剪除
jiǎn chú
  1. 1 to eradicate
  2. 2 to exterminate
反剪
fǎn jiǎn
  1. 1 with hands behind one's back
  2. 2 trussed

Idioms (2)

剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
双瞳剪水
shuāng tóng jiǎn shuǐ
  1. 1 clear, bright eyes (idiom)

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