裁
cái
Pinyin

Definition

裁
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cái
  1. to cut out (as a dress)
  2. to cut
  3. to trim
  4. to reduce
  5. to diminish
  6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
  7. decision
  8. judgment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

剪裁
jiǎn cái
  1. 1 to tailor (clothes)
  2. 2 to trim (expenditure)
总裁
zǒng cái
  1. 1 chairman
  2. 2 director-general (of a company etc)
裁判
cái pàn
  1. 1 judgment
  2. 2 to referee
  3. 3 umpire
  4. 4 judge
  5. 5 referee
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 位 wèi
  8. 8 classifier: 名 míng
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
制裁
zhì cái
  1. 1 to punish
  2. 2 punishment
  3. 3 sanctions (incl. economic)

Idioms (5)

别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
量体裁衣
liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 To live within one's means.

Sample Sentences

墨索里尼，一个大独裁者。从1922年到1943年期间，法西斯政党就统治了整个义大利。
Mòsuǒlǐní ，yī gè dà dúcáizhě 。cóng 1922 nián dào 1943 nián qījiān ，Fǎxīsī zhèngdǎng jiù tǒngzhì le zhěnggè Yìdàlì 。
Mussolini, a great dictator. From 1922 to 1943 the Fascist Party ruled the whole of Italy.
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今天我们特别请到了长生佛亚洲区总裁，田董！欢迎田董！
jīntiān wǒmen tèbié qǐngdào le chángshēngfó Yàzhōu qū zǒngcái ，Tián dǒng ！huānyíng Tián dǒng ！
Today we especially invited the managing director of the Asia Pacific region of Immortal Buddha Vital Essence Extractor, director Tian. Welcome director Tian.
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尽管特朗普总统决定美国不再为伊朗提供支持，并且重新对伊朗实行制裁。
jǐnguǎn Tèlǎngpǔ zǒngtǒng juédìng Měiguó bùzài wèi Yīlǎng tígōng zhīchí ，bìngqiě chóngxīn duì Yīlǎng shíxíng zhìcái 。
despite President Trump's decision to withdraw US support and reimpose sanctions.
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沙特阿拉伯同样对美国重新制裁伊朗的决定表示欢迎，
ShātèĀlābó tóngyàng duì Měiguó chóngxīn zhìcái Yīlǎng de juédìng biǎoshì huānyíng ，
Saudi Arabia also welcomed the decision.
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该协议取消了对伊朗的制裁，这已经造成了灾难性后果。
gāi xiéyì qǔxiāo le duì Yīlǎng de zhìcái ，zhè yǐjīng zàochéng le zāinànxìng hòuguǒ 。
The removal of sanctions under the deal has already produced disastrous results.
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制裁将在三到六个月内生效。
zhìcái jiāng zài sān dào liù ge yuè nèi shēngxiào 。
US sanctions will be re-imposed on Iran in the next three to six months.
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你们打算怎样对其他国家实施制裁？
nǐmen dǎsuàn zěnyàng duì qítā guójiā shíshī zhìcái ？
How are you really going to enforce these sanctions against other countries?
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将士是人民的子弟兵，全军将士要牢记，全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨，忠实履行保卫祖国安全和人民和平生活的神圣职责忠实执行维护世界和平的神圣使命。我宣布，中国将裁减军队员额三十万。
jiàngshì shì rénmín de zǐdì bīng ，quán jūn jiàngshì yào láo jì ，quánxīnquányì wèi rénmín fúwù de gēnběn zōngzhǐ ，zhōngshí lǚxíng bǎowèi zǔguó ānquán hé rénmín hépíng shēnghuó de shénshèng zhízé zhōngshí zhíxíng wéihù shìjiè hépíng de shénshèng shǐmìng 。wǒ xuānbù ，Zhōngguó jiāng cáijiǎn jūnduì yuáné sān shíwàn 。
China’s People’s Liberation Army are the offspring of the people, the officers and soldiers of the entire army should remember the fundamental objective of serving the people with all their hearts and minds, loyally carrying out the sacred duty of safeguarding the security of the land of our ancestors and peaceful lives for the people, loyally carrying out the sacred mission of maintaining wold peace. I declare that China will reduce its army numbers by 300,000.
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首先当然得是霸道男总裁式的啊，因为只有那样的才可以点亮我的那颗玛丽苏少女心。
shǒuxiān dāngrán děi shì bàdào nán zǒngcái shì de ā ，yīnwèi zhǐyǒu nàyàng de cái kěyǐ diǎnliàng wǒ de nà kē Mǎlìsū shàonǚxīn 。
First of all, of course I'd like an overbearing CEO-type because only that kind of man can get my Mary-Sue heart going.
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霸道男总裁，那会不会很直男癌啊？
bàdào nán zǒngcái ，nà huì bùhuì hěn zhínánái ā ？
An overbearing CEO-type? Isn't that quite chauvinistic?
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