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削 xuē

to pare/peel with a knife

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6
Radical
刂
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 肖刂 ⿰肖刂

Memory hint: knife

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  1. 请帮我削一下这个苹果。
    Qǐng bāng wǒ xuē yíxià zhège píngguǒ.
    Please help me peel this apple.
    please help me pare a-bit this (measure) apple
  2. 这样做会不会削弱团队的士气？
    Zhèyàng zuò huì bu huì xuēruò tuánduì de shìqì.
    Will doing this weaken the team's morale?
    this-way do will not will weaken team (particle) morale (question)
  3. 我们不能剥削劳动者的权益。
    Wǒmen bù néng bōxuē láodòngzhě de quányì.
    We must not exploit workers' rights and interests.
    we not can exploit laborer (particle) right-interest
  4. 这项措施并没有削弱公司的竞争力。
    Zhè xiàng cuòshī bìng méiyǒu xuēruò gōngsī de jìngzhēnglì.
    This measure hasn't actually weakened the company's competitiveness.
    this (measure) measure actually not-have weaken company (particle) competitiveness
  5. 长期的价格战大大削弱了这家企业的利润。
    Chángqī de jiàgézhàn dàdà xuēruò le zhè jiā qǐyè de lìrùn.
    The long-term price war has greatly weakened this company's profits.
    long-term (particle) price-war greatly weaken (particle) this (measure) enterprise (particle) profit

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