削

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 公司为了削减成本，拒绝让员工自行加班。

  Gōng sī wèi le xuē jiǎn chéng běn jù jué ràng yuán gōng zì xíng jiā bān

  In order to cut down on costs, the company refuses to allow employees to work overtime.

• 我在削芹菜和土豆。

  Wǒ zài xiāo qín cài hé tǔ dòu

  I am peeling the celery and the potatoes.

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Words containing 削

• 削弱xuē ruò 1–4 to weaken; to impair; to cripple
• 剥削bō xuē 1–1 to exploit; exploitation
• 削xuē 1to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xuè]
• 削xiāo 1to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)