除
chú
Pinyin

Definition

除
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chú
  1. to get rid of
  2. to remove
  3. to exclude
  4. to eliminate
  5. to wipe out
  6. to divide
  7. except
  8. not including

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

滁
Chú
  1. 1 name of a river in Anhui
篨
chú
  1. 1 crude bamboo mat

Related Words (20)

除了
chú le
  1. 1 besides
  2. 2 apart from (... also...)
  3. 3 in addition to
  4. 4 except (for)
除夕
Chú xī
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
删除
shān chú
  1. 1 to delete
  2. 2 to cancel
去除
qù chú
  1. 1 to remove
  2. 2 to dislodge
扫除
sǎo chú
  1. 1 to sweep
  2. 2 to clean with a brush
  3. 3 to sweep away (often fig.)

Idioms (13)

剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
斩草除根
zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eliminate completely
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
破除迷信
pò chú mí xìn
  1. 1 to eliminate superstition (idiom)
祛邪除灾
qū xié chú zāi
  1. 1 to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)

Sample Sentences

特朗普声称，两国贸易不平衡“大到难以置信”，美方将谈判削减对日贸易逆差并消除贸易壁垒。
Tèlǎngpǔ shēngchēng ，liǎng guó màoyì bù pínghéng “dà dào nányǐzhìxìn ”，Měi fāng jiāng tánpàn xuējiǎn duì Rì màoyìnìchā bìng xiāochú màoyìbìlěi 。
Trump claims that the trade imbalance between the two countries is "unbelievable" and the US will negotiate to cut the trade deficit with Japan and eliminate trade barriers.
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经常被水淹没区域架高的走道也被淹没，不得不拆除，“水上巴士”暂停服务。
jīngcháng bèi shuǐ yānmò qūyù jiàgāo de zǒudào yě bèi yānmò ，bùdé bù chāichú ，“shuǐshàngbāshì ”zàntíng fúwù 。
The elevated walkways which were often inundated had to be dismantled. The “water buses” were also temporarily suspended.
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除了工资，我没有其他收入。
chúle gōngzī ，wǒ méiyǒu qítā shōurù 。
Except for wages, I do not have other income.
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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除了以旧布料、木、三文鱼皮及竹等日常废料开发的环保材质及产品，还有一系列以咖啡渣为原料研发的新材料，
chúle yǐ jiù bùliào 、mù 、sānwényú pí jí zhú děng rìcháng fèiliào kāifā de huánbǎo cáizhì jí chǎnpǐn ，háiyǒu yīxìliè yǐ kāfēizhā wèi yuánliào yánfā de xīncáiliào ，
In addition to environmentally friendly materials and products developed from daily waste such as old cloth, wood, salmon skin, and bamboo, there are also a series of new materials developed from coffee grounds.
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所以在中国的工作场合里，很多老板都觉得除了家里的事和工作的事，其他的事情都不算是事情。
suǒyǐ zài Zhōngguó de gōngzuò chǎnghé li ，hěnduō lǎobǎn dōu juéde chúle jiāli de shì hé gōngzuò de shì ，qítā de shìqing dōu bù suàn shì shìqing 。
So, in the Chinese workplace, many bosses think that except for family matters and work-related matters, any other matter doesn’t matter.
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好的，我今年二十岁。我刚从佛罗里达州立大学毕业.我除了主修教育以外，还副修心里学。
hǎo de ，wǒ jīnnián èrshí suì 。wǒ gāng cóng Fúluólǐdá ZhōulìDàxué bìyè .wǒ chúle zhǔxiū jiàoyù yǐwài ，hái fùxiū xīnli xué 。
Ok, I am twenty years old this year. I just graduated from Florida State University. In addition to majoring in education, I also minored in psychology.
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对于那些无实体店、无营业执照无信用担保、无第三方交易平台进入门槛低的微商，若与消费者发生消费纠纷，一些微商往往通过更换账号或直接删除“好友”关系，试图逃避法律责任。
duìyú nàxiē wú shítǐdiàn 、wú yíngyèzhízhào wú xìnyòng dānbǎo 、wú dìsānfāng jiāoyìpíngtái jìnrù ménkǎn dī de wēishāng ，ruò yǔ xiāofèizhě fāshēng xiāofèi jiūfēn ，yīxiē wēishāng wǎngwǎng tōngguò gēnghuàn zhànghào huò zhíjiē shānchú “hǎoyǒu ”guānxi ，shìtú táobì fǎlǜzérèn 。
For those micro-businesses that have no physical stores, no business licenses, no credit guarantees, and no third-party trading platforms, they will try to escape disputes with consumers and legal liability by changing accounts or directly deleting "friends" in the chat.
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此次西安出台的控烟办法，除了明确对吸烟当事人施以处罚外，还对相关场所一方的管理者规定了劝阻义务。
cǐ cì Xīān chūtái de kòng yān bànfǎ ，chúle míngquè duì xīyān dāngshìrén shīyǐ chǔfá wài ，hái duì xiāngguān chǎngsuǒ yīfāng de guǎnlǐzhě guīdìng le quànzǔ yìwù 。
In addition to explicitly penalizing the smoking parties, the smoke control measures introduced in Xi'an also stipulated the obligation of the management of the relevant sites to enforce the strict control measures.
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除了影响孩子的身体健康和学习成绩外，更让家长们担心的是藏在虚拟世界里的种种诱惑和风险。
chúle yǐngxiǎng háizi de shēntǐjiànkāng hé xuéxí chéngjì wài ，gèng ràng jiāzhǎng men dānxīn de shì cáng zài xūnǐ shìjiè lǐ de zhǒngzhǒng yòuhuò hé fēngxiǎn 。
In addition to the effects on children’s health and academic performance, what worries parents even more is the temptation and risk hidden in the virtual world.
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