锲

鍥
qiè
  1. to cut
  2. to carve
  3. to engrave
  4. to chisel
  5. fig. to chisel away at

CEDICT

  1. to carve; to engrave
  2. to cut

Wiktionary

  1. 刻。
  2. 砍断。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

锲 jiē

Containing this entry

锲而不舍 qièérbùshě
  1. to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth
  2. to persevere
  3. unflagging efforts
锲而不舍 qiè'érbùshě

Related entries

切削 qiēxiāo
  1. to cut
  2. cutting
  3. machining
切割 qiēgē to cut
删剪 shānjiǎn
  1. to cut (from a movie etc)
  2. to censor
剒 cuò
  1. to cut
  2. to carve
剪断 jiǎnduàn
  1. to cut
  2. to snip
女巫抓住樂佩美麗的秀發，將它們在左手上繞兩圈，右手拿起一把剪刀，咔嚓咔嚓，秀髮被剪斷了，漂亮的辮子散落在地上。

The enchantress clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snap, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground.

Source: Tatoeba

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