Definition & Meaning

1.execute somebody by cutting him in two at the waist (a capital punishment in ancient China)

2.cut something in half; sever in two

yāo zhǎn

腰 斩

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1
v.archexecute somebody by cutting him in two at the waist (a capital punishment in ancient China)
- tā shì shǐ shang dì yī wèi jiē shòu yāo zhǎn shǒu shù cún huó de rén
  她是史上第一位接受腰斩手术存活的人。
  She has become the first person to survive being cut in half.
2
v.metacut something in half; sever in two
- jì huà zāo dào yāo zhǎn
  计划遭到腰斩。
  The plan was scrapped.

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