削尖
xiāo jiān
Pinyin

Definition

削尖
 - 
xiāo jiān
  1. to sharpen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

削
xiāo
  1. 1 to peel with a knife
  2. 2 to pare
  3. 3 to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
尖
jiān
  1. 1 point (of needle)
  2. 2 sharp
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 pointed
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
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
尖刀
jiān dāo
  1. 1 dagger
尖刻
jiān kè
  1. 1 caustic
  2. 2 biting
  3. 3 piquant
  4. 4 acerbic
  5. 5 vitriolic
  6. 6 acrimonious
尖子
jiān zi
  1. 1 best of its kind
  2. 2 cream of the crop
尖尖
jiān jiān
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 pointed
尖峰
jiān fēng
  1. 1 peak
  2. 2 top
尖椒
jiān jiāo
  1. 1 chili pepper
尖沙咀
Jiān shā zuǐ
  1. 1 Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
尖端
jiān duān
  1. 1 sharp pointed end
  2. 2 the tip
  3. 3 the cusp
  4. 4 tip-top
  5. 5 most advanced and sophisticated
  6. 6 highest peak
  7. 7 the best
尖酸
jiān suān
  1. 1 harsh
  2. 2 scathing
  3. 3 acid (remarks)
尖锐
jiān ruì
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 intense
  3. 3 penetrating
  4. 4 pointed
  5. 5 acute (illness)
尖头
jiān tóu
  1. 1 pointed end
  2. 2 tip
  3. 3 (medicine) oxycephaly
指尖
zhǐ jiān
  1. 1 fingertips
笔尖
bǐ jiān
  1. 1 nib
  2. 2 pen point
  3. 3 the tip of a writing brush or pencil

Idioms (4)

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
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
  1. 1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. 2 to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. 3 a wild goose chase
  4. 4 a blind alley
  5. 5 to split hairs

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