| 斩 |
zhǎn duàn | to cut off / to chop sth in half |
| 斩 |
zhǎn | to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop |
| 断 |
duàn | to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly |