断 (斷) duàn
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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) -
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) -
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') -
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) -
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) -
duàn
verb
to intercept
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '断' 4) -
duàn
verb
to divide
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 划分 (WN '斷' 1) -
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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- 断限(斷限) a fixed period or era
- 断球(斷球) to steal; to intercept the ball
- 果断(果斷) firm; decisive; resolute ; to cut off the results of former karma
- 垄断贩卖(壟斷販賣) monopoly
- 连续不断(連續不斷) continuous; unceasing
- 断断续续(斷斷續續) intermittent
- 摔断(摔斷) to fall and break; to break (bones) by falling
- 判断语(判斷語) predicate
- 残垣断壁(殘垣斷壁) crumbling fences and dilapidated walls
- 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
- 横断物(橫斷物) transverse object
- 转换断层(轉換斷層) transform fault
- 断腿(斷腿) broken leg
- 应机立断(應機立斷) to act on an opportunity; to take prompt advantage of a situation
- 拗断(拗斷) to break by twisting
- 评断(評斷) to judge
- 计算机断层(計算機斷層) CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method)
- 喝断片(喝斷片) to get blackout drunk
- 自行了断(自行了斷) to take one's life
- 掐断(掐斷) cut off; disconnect
- 恩断义绝(恩斷義絕) to split up; to break all ties
- 肝肠寸断(肝腸寸斷) liver and guts cut to pieces; grief-stricken
- 断代史(斷代史) period history
- 断食(斷食) to fast; hunger strike
- 绵绵不断(綿綿不斷) an unending stream
- 词汇判断任务(詞彙判斷任務) lexical decision task
- 断然(斷然) resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely
- 多谋善断(多謀善斷) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
- 颓垣断壁(頹垣斷壁) crumbling fences and dilapidated walls
- 快刀断乱麻(快刀斷亂麻) quick sword cuts through tangled hemp; decisive action in a complex situation
- 圣安地列斯断层(聖安地列斯斷層) San Andreas Fault, California
- 风波不断(風波不斷) constantly in turmoil; crisis after crisis
- 遮断(遮斷) to block off ; an interruption
- 中断(中斷) to discontinue; to break off ; to interupt [a journey]
- 断裂(斷裂) fracture; rupture; to break apart
- 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
- 片断(片斷) section; fragment; segment
- 独断(獨斷) to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
- 清官难断家务事(清官難斷家務事) even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute
- 断语(斷語) conclusion; judgment; verdict
- 专断(專斷) to act independently; to make decisions without consulting others
- 臆断(臆斷) to assume; assumption
- 断交(斷交) to end a relationship; to break off diplomatic ties
- 当机立断(當機立斷) to make prompt decisions
- 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight; to disappear [in the distance]
- 熔断机制(熔斷機制) trading curb; circuit breaker
- 断裂带(斷裂帶) fault zone
- 武断(武斷) dogmatic ; arbitrary; subjective
- 断裂强度(斷裂強度) rupture strength; breaking strength
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