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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

修剪 [xiūjiǎn]
  1. 1. prune; trim; clip; cut
    修剪指甲
    trim one's fingernails
    修剪果枝
    prune fruit trees

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

修剪 [xiūjiǎn]
  1. 1. 用剪子修整
    修剪指甲。
    修剪苗木。
  2. 2. 修改剪接
    修剪电影胶片。

Examples

茶树修剪后又萌发新枝。
The tea plants sprouted new buds after the pruning.
修剪指甲
trim one's fingernails
我们的工作就是修剪这些树的侧枝。
It is our job to prune the side branches of these trees.
修剪了那棵盆栽的岔生枝干。
He trimmed the oblique branches of that potted plant.
叶枝繁茂,修剪一下会更好的。
The tree has luxuriant leaf branches, it would be better if you trimmed the branches.
环卫工人对主枝浓密的松树进行了修剪
The cleaning workers have pruned the thick-branched pine trees.
修剪
修剪苗木。

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