yān​gē

to castrate

  • created sense approved 阉割/閹割 · yān​gē · to castrate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    阉割 / 閹割

    yān​gē

    to castrate

    to remove the testicles or ovaries of an animal or person; to neuter

    阉 (literal) → 阉/閹 · yān · to castrate 割 (literal) → 割 · gē · to cut

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 阉割/閹割 · yān​gē · to emasculate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    阉割 / 閹割

    yān​gē

    to emasculate

    to strip a piece of writing or a theory of its essential content, rendering it ineffective or changing its original nature

    阉 (literal) → 阉/閹 · yān · to castrate 割 (literal) → 割 · gē · to cut

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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