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剪 [jiǎn]
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1. 一种铰东西的用具:剪刀。
(A tool for cutting things: scissors.)
2. 像剪子的东西:火剪,夹剪,剪床。
(Something shaped like scissors: fire scissors, clippers, shears.)
3. 用剪子铰:剪断,剪开,剪影,剪报,剪纸,剪裁。
(To cut with scissors: to cut off, to open, to cut shadows, to clip news, to cut paper, to tailor.)
4. 除掉:剪除,剪灭。
(To eliminate: to cut off, to extinguish.)
名
1. 交刀,剪刀。
(A pair of scissors.)
2. 形状像剪刀的东西。
(A tool shaped like scissors.)
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【本义】: 用剪刀铰断
(Original meaning: to cut with scissors.)
【造字法】: 形声。从刀,前声。
(Character formation: phonetic compound, with the component for "knife" and the initial "jian" sound.)
1. 同本义。本作“前”,通作“翦”,俗作“剪”。
(Same as the original meaning. Traditionally written as "前" and "翦," commonly as "剪.")
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《说文》:剪,齐断也。
("Shuo Wen": "Jian," meaning to cut evenly.)
《诗·召南·甘棠》:勿剪勿伐。
("Book of Songs": "Do not cut or fell.")
例
剪截铺(衣料店),剪筒(存放剪掉的蜡花的用具),剪直(直截了当,径直)。
(Examples: Cutting shop (fabric store), scissor tube (a tool to store cut wax flowers), direct cut (to be straightforward).)
2. 砍伐 ;截断
(Cutting and breaking.)
引
南朝梁·丘迟《与陈伯之书》:松柏不剪。
(Northern Liang: "Pines and cypresses should not be cut.")
例
剪伐(砍伐;割刈),剪断(切断,打断)。
(Examples: to fell trees, to cut off.)
3. 除灭。杀戮
(Elimination and killing.)
引
《吕氏春秋·制乐》:此文王之所以止殃剪妖也。
(Lu Shi Chun Qiu: "This is why King Wen stopped calamities and eliminated evils.")
例
剪屠(大肆杀戮),剪覆(全部消灭)。
(Examples: to massacrate, to eliminate completely.)
4. 两手交叉。
(Crossing hands.)
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如:反剪着手,剪手就缚。
(Examples: hands crossed behind, tying hands.)
5. 拦截。
(Intercept.)
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《水浒传》:小人只在此大树坡剪径。
(Water Margin: "The villain only cuts paths here by the big tree slope.")
例
剪江(在江中破浪而行)。
(Examples: to cut at the river.)
6. 扫;挥动。
(Brandish.)
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《水浒全传》:林冲把朴刀杆剪了一下,蓦地跳将出来。
(The Water Margin: Lin Chong swiped his wooden club, suddenly jumping out.)
7. 辩白,驳斥。
(Offer an explanation; refute.)
引
《古今小说》:张千、李万说一句,妇人就剪一句。
(Old and New Stories: "Zhang Qian and Li Wan said a word, and the woman retorted each time.")
名
1. 交刀,剪刀。
(A pair of scissors.)
引
清·孙枝蔚《思春辞》:断恨并州无快剪。
(Qing Dynasty: "Death’s regret, there are no good scissors in Bingzhou.")
例
磨剪,剪简(放蜡花的工具)。
(Examples: to sharpen scissors, scissor frames.)
2. 形状像剪刀的东西。
(A tool shaped like scissors.)
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如:火剪,夹剪,烛剪。
(Examples: fire scissors, clippers, candle scissors.)
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