"To cut short" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 中断 | zhōng duàn | to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt |   |
| 腰斩 | yāo 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 | |
| 煞 |  shā | to terminate / to cut short / to bring to a stop / to squeeze / to tighten / to damage / variant of 殺|杀[sha1] | |
