打杈

dǎchà
to prune (branches)

CEDICT

to prune (cotton plants, sunflowers, etc.)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
2 杈 chà
  1. branches of a tree
  2. fork of a tree

Related entries

修剪 xiūjiǎn
  1. to prune
  2. to trim
妈妈叫我修剪草坪。

Mother told me to mow the lawn.

Source: Tatoeba

剪枝 jiǎnzhī to prune (branches etc)
疏剪 shūjiǎn to prune
修理 xiūlǐ
  1. to repair
  2. to fix
  3. to prune
  4. to trim
  5. (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. to fix sb
桥处于修理中。

The bridge is being repaired.

Source: Tatoeba