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割 [gē]
Verb
1. To cut off, extract, or divide.
Example: 割让 (give up), 割地 (cut off land), 割弃 (abandon), 割舍 (part with), 割除 (remove), 割断 (cut off), 割裂 (split), 割据 (establish control over an area), 交割 (delivery).
Proverb: 割鸡焉用牛刀 (It's not worth using great effort for trivial matters).
2. Disaster.
Example: 天降割于我家 (A disaster has befallen my family).
Related Meanings:
1. Same as the original meaning, generally referring to using a knife to divide (cut).
2. To give up.
3. To divide; to obtain by cutting.
4. To kill; to slaughter.
5. To harm; to rob.
6. To buy.
Examples:
- 割鲜 (to slaughter livestock),
- 割烹 (cut and cook),
- 割刀 (cutting knife).
Notable Quotes:
1. From "Guangya": 割, 断也 (To cut means to break).
2. From "The Analects": 割鸡焉用牛刀 (It's not worth using great effort for trivial matters).
3. From "Zuo Zhuan": 犹未能操刀而使割也 (Still couldn't use the knife to cut).
4. From "Shujing": 日钦劓割夏邑 (On a particular day, cutting goes against Xia Yi).
Examples of Related Uses:
- 割恩 (to abandon private affection),
- 割遣 (to discard; to put away).
- 割宅 (to divide residential areas),
- 割壤 (to divide land; to allot territory).
- 割杀 (to slit throats; to kill),
- 割鸡 (to kill chickens),
- 割头税 (head tax).
- 割割剥 (to harm and loot),
- 割剥元元 (to harm the common people; "元元" refers to the people).
- 割肉 (to buy meat on the street).
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