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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.break; snap; sever; split off
他折断铅笔。
He snaps the pencil.
割断这根木头。
Sever this log.
犯人挣断了锁链。
The criminal breaks his chains.
synonym
- 2
v.cut/break off
断水
cut off water supply
断烟
stop smoking
断酒
nephalism
- 3
v.give up; abstain from; quit
断酒
give up alcohol
断烟
quit smoking
synonym
- 4
v.stop; intercept
断球
intercept a pass
- 5
v.judge; decide; determine
诊断
diagnose
- 6
adv.fmlabsolutely; decidedly
断不能粗心大意
must take utmost care
Words and phrases with 断
- 断句[word]punctuate
- 断片[word]part
- 断奶[word]wean; cut off financial support
- 断流[word]dry up; block a stream
- 断崖[word]precipice
- 断语[word]conclusion
- 断端[word]the broken ends of fractured bone
- 断气[word]breathe one's last; cut off the gas
- 断粮[word]run out of food/grain
- 断垣残壁[idiom]ruins of buildings
- 断绝往来[idiom]break off friendly relations
- 断然不可[idiom]be absolutely impermissible
- 断断续续[idiom]intermittent; intermittently
- 断恶修善[idiom]break from one's evil ways and start doing good
- 断然拒绝[idiom]flatly refuse
- 断章取义[idiom]quote/interpret out of context
- 断子绝孙[idiom]die without descendants
- 断线风筝[idiom]a kite with its string broken; persons or things gone beyond recall
Similar-form characters to 断
- duàn断
- jì继