閹割

阉割
yāngē
  1. to castrate
  2. fig. to emasculate

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) to castrate (to take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual); to nerf
  2. (literally) to castrate; to neuter; to emasculate
  3. to castrate (to take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual); to nerf
  4. to castrate; to neuter; to emasculate

Wiktionary

  1. 割除睪丸或卵巢。
  2. 比喻抽掉文章或理論的精華，使失去原有作用或變更性質。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 閹 yān
  1. to castrate
  2. a castrate
  3. neuter
2 割 gē
  1. to cut
  2. to cut apart

Containing this entry

化學閹割 huàxuéyāngē

Related entries

閹 yān
  1. to castrate
  2. a castrate
  3. neuter
雖然公山羊羔經常因為無法產奶而被淘汰，但有時牠們會被閹割，並作為「閹羊」留在羊群中。這種脖子上掛著鈴鐺的「領頭羊」通常是羊群的領袖。

Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.

Source: Tatoeba

奄 yān
  1. variant of 閹 yān
  2. to castrate
  3. variant of 淹 yān
  4. to delay
羯 jié
  1. ram, esp. gelded
  2. to castrate
  3. deer's skin