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剪

剪: cut

cut; trim; prune
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Best known in 剪定 (pruning trees); 剪断 is the engineering term 'shear'.

Key words

剪定せんていpruning
剪定鋏せんていばさみpruning shears
剪断せんだんshearing
剪刀せんとうscissors (literary)

Example sentences

Before spring came, I pruned the plum tree in the garden.

The gardener snipped off unneeded branches one after another with pruning shears.

A large machine for shearing steel plates was installed in the factory.

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