删
shān
Meaning
- to delete
Definition
删除，去掉（文字、文件等）。
To delete, to remove (text, files, etc.).
Usage
常用于表示从电脑、手机或文稿中移除内容，也可用于抽象意义上的消除。
Often used for removing content from computers, phones, or manuscripts, and also in abstract sense of elimination.
Examples
- 1 请把这条信息删掉。(Please delete this message.)
- 2 他删除了手机里的照片。(He deleted the photos in his phone.)
- 3 这篇文章需要删减一些内容。(This article needs to have some content deleted.)
- 4 我不小心删除了重要文件。(I accidentally deleted an important file.)
- 5 为了节省空间，我删除了很多旧邮件。(To save space, I deleted many old emails.)
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