砍 – vocab dash

砍kǎn

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Meanings

1. to chop

2. to cut down

3. to throw sth at sb

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Examples5

所有suǒyǒu苹果píngguǒ树shù都dōu被bèi砍kǎn倒dǎo了le。

All the apple trees were cut down.

很hěn多duō树shù被bèi砍kǎn倒dǎo。

A lot of trees were cut down.

他tā在zài花园huāyuán里lǐ砍kǎn了le一yī棵kē树shù。

He cut down a tree in his garden.

他tā砍kǎn了le花园huāyuán里lǐ的de一yī棵kē树shù。

He cut down a tree in his garden.

我wǒ数shǔ了le一下yīxià，这样zhèyàng一yī棵kē松树sōngshù有yǒu三sān百bǎi多duō圈quān年轮niánlún。而ér砍kǎn倒dǎo它tā只zhǐ需要xūyào15分钟fēnzhōng。

I counted. A pine tree like this has over three hundred annual rings, yet it took only 15 minutes to cut it down.