伐木

fámù

verb #15,266

Meanings

1 to cut wood
2 to fell trees
3 lumbering

Characters

to cut down; to fell

Examples

伐木工人在森林里干活。

Fámù gōngrén zài sēnlín lǐ gànhuó.

The lumberjacks are working in the forest.

过度伐木会破坏生态环境。

Guòdù fámù huì pòhuài shēngtài huánjìng.

Excessive logging will damage the ecological environment.

Tips

history

《诗经》(Book of Songs) contains the poem 伐木 (Cutting Wood), one of the earliest Chinese poems, which uses tree-felling as a metaphor for friendship and calling out to companions.

Stroke Order

伐 fá

木 mù