断
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Definitions
- 1. to break
- 2. to snap
- 3. to cut off
- 4. to give up or abstain from sth
- 5. to judge
- 6. definitely
- 7. decidedly
Words Containing 断
unceasing
to cut short
to cut off
to judge
to monopolize
to interrupt
to infer
to conclude
intermittent
to sever; to break off
fracture
firm
a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
section
diagnosis
disconnected
lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
to bring to a conclusion
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
indecisive
arbitration (law)
ability to judge
predicate
to cut
to cut off
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
antitrust
antitrust legislation
to get blackout drunk (slang)
resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
to nip (i.e. cut short)
to jump to an unfounded conclusion
oligopoly
to examine
to act arbitrarily
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
to split up
to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal
to break or cut in two
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
to snap sth off
to break by twisting
to nip off (with fingernails etc)
to hang up (a phone)
in unbroken succession (idiom)
to fall and break
arbitrary
to cut off
certainly
to wean; to be weaned
to end a relationship
periodization (of history)
to default on a mortgage
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
to wean
to die without progeny
fault (geology)
geological fault line
steep cliff
(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous
widowed
brief commentary
(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 \danshari\, lit. \forgoing
to judge a case
The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
to be out of stock
to stop breathing
to run dry (of river)
to be unable to continue
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
resolute
fragment
to pass judgment on a legal case
(sports) to steal
the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
to quote out of context (idiom)
to run out of food
(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break
bolt cutter
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
intermittent
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[duàn bèi shān], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[lǐ ān]
heartbroken
broken leg
line break (computing)
to carry out resolutely
homosexual
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
fault zone (geology)
rupture strength
modulus rupture
to assert
conclusion
to run out of (stock)
circuit breaker
to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc)
to break
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
guillotine
to fast
king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
breakpoint (computing)
stopping and starting
lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
to cross (a road, an ocean etc)
Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
pedestrian crossing
transverse object
horizontal section
normal fault (geology)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
positrion emission tomography (PET)
positron emission tomography (PET)
PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
arbitrary
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
to make a decision
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
(of fuse wire) to melt
(finance) trading curb
fuse wire
to decide alone without consultation
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
to make a decision when it's time to decide
not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
to make prompt decisions (idiom)
waiting anxiously (idiom)
to chop off
vertical section
San Andreas Fault, California
San Andreas Fault, California
to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)
lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
to assume
to take one's life
wise and resolute
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
thrust fault (geology)
to consider and decide
CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method)
to judge
lexical decision
lexical decision task (psychology)
lexical decision task
lexical decision task
to infer
literate
to buy out
strike fault (geology)
strike-slip fault (geology)
to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)
transform fault (geology)
reverse fault (geology)
continuous
lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness
to cut off
continuous and patient effort (idiom)
to shut off
to block
partition
partition board
CAT scan
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
constantly in turmoil
designed to be torn off along a line of perforations
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin