Character data
Character data
| HSK | 4 |
| Frequency | 434th character |
| Radical | ⽄ (69.7) |
| Strokes | 11 |
| Index # | 2405 |
| TRADITIONAL | 斷 |
Definitions
| 断 duàn |
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Stroke order
Words containing 断
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a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
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intermittent
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gay; homosexual
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Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee film
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heartbroken; to break one's heart
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broken leg
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line break (computing)
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to carry out resolutely
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homosexual; see 断袖之癖duàn xiù zhī pǐ
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lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 汉书hàn shū: 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.
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breaking strength; rupture strength
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modulus rupture
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to run out of (stock)
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circuit breaker
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to fast; hunger strike
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king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
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intermittent; on and off; stopping and starting
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broken-hearted (idiom)
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to cut across; to cross (a road, an ocean etc)
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Hengduan Mountains in southwest China
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pedestrian crossing
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transverse object
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normal fault (geology)
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PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
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positrion emission tomography (PET)
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