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勾销

Word · VerbTraditional勾銷

cancel; wipe out

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to cancel; to wipe out; to write off

formal

Often used for debts, records, past events, or obligations. Implies a decisive, often final action, sometimes done with a stroke of a pen. Common in written and formal contexts.

Jiù旧
zhàng账
yī一
bǐ笔
gōu勾
xiāo销
 。

The old debt is written off completely.

Guò过
qù去
de的
bù不
yú愉
kuài快
jiù就
ràng让
tā它
yī一
bǐ笔
gōu勾
xiāo销
ba吧
 。

Let's just wipe the slate clean of past unpleasantries.

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Fǎ法
yuàn院
pàn判
jué决
zhè这
bǐ笔
zhài债
wù务
kě可
yǐ以
gōu勾
xiāo销
 。

The court ruled that this debt could be written off.

Tā他
qǐ企
tú图
cóng从
lì历
shǐ史
shàng上
gōu勾
xiāo销
zhè这
yī一
duàn段
 。

He tried to erase this period from history.