jiǎn

  1. jiǎn verb to cut down; to crop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Archaic variant of 剪; in the sense of 削减 (Guoyu '翦' v 1; Kroll 2015 '翦' 1, p. 197; Unihan '翦'; XHZD '翦' 1, p. 330)
  2. jiǎn verb to annihilate; to eliminate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 消灭 (Guoyu '翦' v 2; Kroll 2015 '翦' 2, p. 197; Unihan '翦')
  3. jiǎn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (XHZD '翦' 2, p. 330)
  4. jiǎn noun shears; scissors
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '翦' 3, p. 197)

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