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掐头去尾
qiā​tóu​qù​wěi

to remove both ends

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
掐头去尾 掐頭去尾 qiā​tóu​qù​wěi
to remove both ends
To break off or leave out the beginning and the end; also describes removing the less important parts of something to leave only the core content.core content.

Frequency

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0.056 per million

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Frequency data
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