斷 duàn

sever, cut off; interrupt

DEFINITIONS

  • sever, cut off
  • interrupt
  • to break
  • to snap
  • to cut off
  • to give up or abstain from sth
  • to judge
  • (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  • definitely
  • decidedly

WORDS

一刀兩斷 yī dāo liǎng duàn lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom); fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
不斷 bù duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem)
傷筋斷骨 shāng jīn duàn gǔ to suffer serious injury (idiom)
優柔寡斷 yōu róu guǎ duàn indecisive; irresolute
公斷 gōng duàn arbitration (law)
切斷 qiē duàn to cut off; to sever
判斷 pàn duàn to judge; to determine; judgment
判斷力 pàn duàn lì ability to judge; judgment
判斷語 pàn duàn yǔ predicate
剪斷 jiǎn duàn to cut; to snip
割斷 gē duàn to cut off; to sever
割袍斷義 gē páo duàn yì to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom); to break all friendly ties
反壟斷 fǎn lǒng duàn anti-trust legislation; anti-monopoly
反壟斷法 fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ anti-trust law; legislation again monopolies
喝斷片 hē duàn piàn to get blackout drunk (slang)
壟斷 lǒng duàn to enjoy market dominance; to monopolize
壟斷販賣 lǒng duàn fàn mài monopoly
多謀善斷 duō móu shàn duàn resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
夾斷 jiā duàn to nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off
妄斷 wàng duàn to jump to an unfounded conclusion
寡頭壟斷 guǎ tóu lǒng duàn oligopoly
審斷 shěn duàn to examine
專斷 zhuān duàn to act arbitrarily; to make decisions without consulting others
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