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剜

wān
verb #37,829

Meanings

  1. 1 to scoop out
  2. 2 to gouge out
  3. 3 to dig out (with a knife or tool)

Examples

她用小刀剜掉苹果上的烂处。
Tā yòng xiǎo dāo wān diào píngguǒ shàng de làn chù.
She used a small knife to gouge out the bad spot on the apple.
剜肉补疮不是长久之计。
Wān ròu bǔ chuāng bú shì chángjiǔ zhī jì.
Cutting flesh to patch a sore is no long-term solution.

Tips

history
The chengyu 剜肉补疮 (wān ròu bǔ chuāng, 'cut flesh to patch a sore') comes from a Tang poem by Nie Yizhong and is canonized in Zhu Xi's writings — it describes solving one problem by creating a worse one, like a loan that fixes today's debt by ruining tomorrow.
memory
剜 = 宛 (wǎn, 'curved') + 刂 (knife radical). A curved blade scooping something out. The knife radical 刂 is your visual cue that this is a cutting verb.

Stroke Order

剜 wān