斩决 zhǎnjué to behead Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents zhǎnjué to behead 斩 斬 zhǎn to behead to behead; to execute by decapitation, especially as a form of capital punishment in historical contexts决 決 jué verb to execute to execute a criminal; to carry out a death sentencezhǎnjué resolute 斩 斬 zhǎn to chop to chop; to cut through; to sever; to hack with a blade决 決 jué nounverb resolute resolute; determined; firmzhǎnjué to abandon 斩 斬 zhǎn to cut off (literary) to cut off; to sever connections or a line of succession; to bring to an end决 決 jué to break (bound form) to break or sever; to part or bid farewell