干掉
gàndiàoTraditional: 干掉
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Translation
to get rid of, to kill off, to finish off
Word origin
A compound of 干 (gàn, to do, to act) and the resultative complement 掉 (diào, to drop, to remove), expressing doing away with something completely.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 干 (gàn, to do) + 掉 (diào, to remove)
Stroke order
干
掉
Examples
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They want to get rid of their rival.
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I finished off that glass of water in one go.
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The villain in the film was finally killed off.
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We need to deal with this problem first.
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He polished off all the leftover rice.
干掉 (gàndiào) is a colloquial verb meaning to get rid of, finish off, or kill, depending on context. The complement 掉 adds the sense of something being completely removed.
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