断 (斷) duàn

1. duàn adverb absolutely; decidedly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used in negative constructions in the sense of 绝对 (CED 2 '断' 2; Ci Yuan '断' 5; Kroll 2015 '断' 1a; NCCED '断' 7)
2. duàn verb to judge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: twanH; in the sense of 判断 (CED 2 '断' 1; Ci Yuan '斷' 4; NCCED '断' 5; Kroll 2015 '斷' twanH 1; WN '斷' 4)
3. duàn verb to severe; to break
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 折断 or 切 (CED 1 '断' 1; Ci Yuan '断' 1; NCCED '断' 1; Kroll 2015 '断' 1; WN '斷' 5; Unihan '斷')
4. duàn verb to stop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of stopping the supply or flow of something (CED 1 '断' 2; Kroll 2015 '断' 1b; NCCED '断' 2; WN '斷' 3)
5. duàn verb to quit; to give up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of stopping a habbit (CED 1 '断' 3; NCCED '断' 3)
6. duàn verb to intercept
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '断' 4)
7. duàn verb to divide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 划分 (WN '斷' 1)
8. duàn verb to isolate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 隔绝 (WN '斷' 2)

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• 垄断贩卖(壟斷販賣) monopoly
• 断袖之癖(斷袖之癖) cut sleeve
• 词汇判断作业(詞彙判斷作業) lexical decision task
• 十五智断(十五智斷) fifteen days of increasing wisdom and fifteen of decreasing evil
• 打断(打斷) to cut somebody off; to interupt ; to pass judgement ; to exhaust; to finish
• 断裂(斷裂) fracture; rupture; to break apart
• 藕断丝连(藕斷絲連) lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined; lovers part, but still long for one another
• 判断错误(判斷錯誤) an error in judgement
• 优柔寡断(優柔寡斷) indecisive; irresolute
• 当机立断(當機立斷) to make prompt decisions
• 割袍断义(割袍斷義) to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood; to break all friendly ties
• 断送(斷送) to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
• 屏风隔断(屏風隔斷) a screen partition
• 断灭(斷滅) annihilate
• 断港绝潢(斷港絕潢) to be unable to continue; to come to a dead end
• 断章取义(斷章取義) to quote out of context
• 圣安地列斯断层(聖安地列斯斷層) San Andreas Fault, California
• 断线风筝(斷線風箏) a kite with cut string; gone beyond recall
• 擅断(擅斷) arbitrary
• 识文断字(識文斷字) literate; a cultured person
• 独断专行(獨斷專行) to decide and act alone; to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
• 纵断面(縱斷面) vertical section; longitudinal section
• 转换断层(轉換斷層) transform fault
• 电脑断层扫描(電腦斷層掃描) CAT scan; CT scan
• 审断(審斷) to examine
• 断限(斷限) a fixed period or era
• 阻断(阻斷) to block; to obstruct
• 武断(武斷) dogmatic ; arbitrary; subjective
• 果断(果斷) firm; decisive; resolute
• 断定(斷定) to conclude; to determine
• 中断(中斷) to discontinue; to break off ; to interupt [a journey]
• 判断力(判斷力) ability to judge; judgment
• 肠断(腸斷) heartbroken
• 断事(斷事) decides his matters
• 眼穿肠断(眼穿腸斷) waiting anxiously
• 断路器(斷路器) circuit breaker
• 断然(斷然) resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely
• 断续(斷續) intermittent
• 剿断(剿斷) to cut off
• 熔断机制(熔斷機制) trading curb; circuit breaker
• 掐断(掐斷) cut off; disconnect
• 时断时续(時斷時續) stopping and starting; intermittent; sporadic; on and off
• 断想(斷想) brief commentary
• 隔断(隔斷) a partition
• 断裂带(斷裂帶) fault zone
• 间断(間斷) disconnected; interrupted; suspended
• 遮断(遮斷) to block off ; an interruption
• 断弦(斷弦) widowed; broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
• 断行(斷行) line break ; to carry out resolutely

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