Chinese edit

cut with scissors; scissors
 
to declare; to announce; to spread
to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (剪布)
simp. #(剪布)
 
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Verb edit

剪⫽布 (verb-object)

  1. (literally) to cut cloth
  2. (dialectal) to buy cloth
  3. (HK politics) to cloture

Synonyms edit

  • (to buy cloth):

See also edit

  • (to cloture): 拉布 (“to filibuster”)