削xuē

 (用刀斜着去掉， 专用于合成词) pare; whittle; cut: 剥 ～ exploit; 她 ～ 发为尼。 She shaved her head and became a nun.
另见 see also xiāo。
◆削壁 precipice; cliff; 削壁深壑 steep peaks and deep ravines; 削波器 clipper; chopper; 削发披缁 shave one's head and become a monk; 削发为僧 shave one's head and become a monk; 削发修行 tonsure one's head and enter the religious life; 削价 cut prices; lower the price; price cutting; 削价竞销、自乱阵脚 selling goods at a discount and throwing their own ranks off balance; 削价甩卖 dump goods on the market at a fraction of their costs; 削尖 fine away; 削肩细腰 be slim-waisted, with somewhat sloping shoulders; 削减 cut (down); reduce; slash; whittle down; 削平 scapple; bevelment; 削弱 weaken; cripple; relax; relaxation; put a brake on; deadened; abate; 削铁如泥 (The sword) would cut clean through iron as though it were mud.; very sharp; 削枝强干 reinforce the trunk by cutting off the branches; 削职为民 reduce an official to the ranks of the people; be dismissed from one's office and reduced to the rank of a common citizen; dismissed from one's office and becoming a commoner; losing one's office and rank and becoming a common citizen; lost office and rank, and reduced to the status of a commoner; 削足[趾]适履[屦] cut one's feet [toes] to fit [suit] the shoes; apply mechanically others' experience; Better change the shoe than pinch the foot.; make fit [place on; stretch on] the procrustean bed; take improper measures; whittle down the feet to fit the shoes; trim the toes to fit the shoes