| 砍伤 | [ kǎn shāng ] to wound with a blade or hatchet, to slash, to gash |
| 砍价 | [ kǎn jià ] to bargain, to cut or beat down a price |
| 砍断 | [ kǎn duàn ] to chop off |
| 砍树 | [ kǎn shù ] to chop wood, to chop down trees |
| 砍杀 | [ kǎn shā ] to attack with a bladed weapon |
| 砍头 | [ kǎn toú ] to decapitate, to behead |
| 砍头不过风吹帽 | [ kǎn toú bù guò fēng chuī maò ] to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom) |
| ⇒ 滥砍滥伐 | [ làn kǎn làn fá ] wanton destruction of forested lands |
| ⇒ 磨刀不误砍柴工 | [ mó daō bù wù kǎn chaí gōng ] lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom), fig. time invested in preparations is not lost, a beard well lathered is half shaved |
