削 (w)

(xiāo) to scrape

削 (w)

(xuē) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); Taiwan pr. [xue4]

削弱 (w)

(xuēruò) to weaken; to impair; to cripple

削减 (w)

(xuējiǎn) to cut down; to reduce; to lower

削球 (w)

(xiāoqiú) (sport) to chop; to cut

削籍 (w)

(xuējí) (of an official) dismissal from office (old)

削职 (w)

(xuēzhí) demotion; to have one's job cut

削职为民 (w)

(xuēzhíwéimín) demotion to commoner (idiom)

削足适履 (w)

(xuēzúshìlǚ) to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed); impractical or inelegant solution

削铅笔机 (w)

(xiāoqiānbǐjī) pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)

削发 (w)

(xuēfà) to shave one's head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure