cut ( pt , pp cut ) ⇒ 文章太长,需要剪裁。 Wénzhāng tài cháng, xūyào jiǎncái. → The article is too long — it needs cutting. ⇒ 这条裙子是我自己剪裁的。 Zhè tiáo qúnzi shì wǒ zìjǐ jiǎncái de. → I made this skirt myself.
总裁
director
独裁
dictate
裁决
adjudicate
裁判
( 案件 ) judgment
裁员
make redundancies ⇒ 信息产业内刮起了一阵裁员风暴。 Xìnxī chǎnyè nèi guāqǐle yī zhèn cáiyuán fēngbào. → There have been a wave of redundancies in the IT industry.
裁定
adjudicate
裁缝
( 指男装 ) tailor
别出心裁
be original ⇒ 朱莉别出心裁,想要徒步走新疆。 Zhūlì bié chū xīncái, xiǎng yào túbù zǒu Xīnjiāng. → Julie had the original idea of touring Xinjiang on foot.