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砍伐

Mandarin · pinyin kǎn fá

to hew
to cut down

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砍: kǎn · hack, chop, cut, fell
伐: fá · cut down, subjugate, attack

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3–2 · kan3 fa2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ham2 fat6

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verb

(transitive) to fell (trees); to lop; to cut down; to hew; to deforest
(literary) to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress

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