腰斩 yāozhǎn execute at the waist Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yāozhǎn execute at the waist 腰 yāo noun waist waist; the small of the back斩 斬 zhǎn to chop to chop; to cut through; to sever; to hack with a bladeyāozhǎn cut in half 腰 yāo middle (bound form) middle part of an object, such as a mountain or a bottle斩 斬 zhǎn to chop to chop; to cut through; to sever; to hack with a bladeyāozhǎn terminate 腰 yāo middle (bound form) middle part of an object, such as a mountain or a bottle斩 斬 zhǎn to cut off (literary) to cut off; to sever connections or a line of succession; to bring to an end
