| 斬 | [ zhǎn ] to behead (as form of capital punishment), to chop |
| 斬新 | [ zhǎn xīn ] variant of 嶄新|崭新[zhan3 xin1] |
| 斬斷 | [ zhǎn duàn ] to cut off, to chop sth in half |
| 斬殺 | [ zhǎn shā ] to behead |
| 斬眼 | [ zhǎn yǎn ] to blink (literary) |
| 斬而不奏 | [ zhǎn ér bù zoù ] to do sth and not report the fact (idiom) |
| 斬草除根 | [ zhǎn caǒ chú gēn ] to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch, to eliminate completely |
| 斬釘截鐵 | [ zhǎn dīng jié tiě ] lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom), fig. resolute and decisive, unhesitating, categorical |
| 斬首 | [ zhǎn shoǔ ] to behead |
| ⇒ 先斬後奏 | [ xiān zhǎn hoù zoù ] first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later |
| ⇒ 兩國相爭，不斬來使 | [ liǎng guó xiāng zhēng bù zhǎn laí shǐ ] when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) |
| ⇒ 快刀斬亂麻 | [ daō zhǎn luàn má ] lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation, cutting the Gordian knot |
| ⇒ 披荊斬棘 | [ pī jīng zhǎn jí ] lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom), fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way, to break through hardships, to blaze a new trail |
| ⇒ 殺虎斬蛟 | [ shā hǔ zhǎn ] lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon |
| ⇒ 滿門抄斬 | [ mǎn mén chaō zhǎn ] to execute the whole family and confiscate their property |
| ⇒ 白斬雞 | [ baí zhǎn jī ] Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" |
| ⇒ 腰斬 | [ yaō zhǎn ] to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment), to cut sth in half, to reduce sth by a dramatic margin, to terminate, to cut short |
| ⇒ 過五關斬六將 | [ guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng ] lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom), fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) |
| ⇒ 過關斬將 | [ guò guān zhǎn jiàng ] to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom), abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4] |