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电锯diàn jù
chainsaw
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 电锯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 電鋸 | ||
| 電鋸 | diànjù | |
| 1. n. electric saw (especially a chainsaw) | ||
| Components | ||
| 电 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 電 | ||
| 電 | ||
| 1. electricity | ||
| 锯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 鋸 | ||
| 鋸 | jù | |
| 1. saw (tool) | ||
| 2. to saw | ||
| 3. to amputate | ||
| 4. (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument) | ||
| 5. to kill; to slaughter | ||
| 尋晚 佢 畀 人 鋸goe1 咗。 - He was killed last night. - | ||
| 6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to swindle (to obtain by deceitful methods) | ||
| 7. Simplified form of 鋦 | ||
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Pronunciation
diàn jù
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