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快刀斷亂麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
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lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation;
cutting the Gordian knot
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恩斷義絕
ēn duàn yì jué
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to split up;
to break all ties
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應機立斷
yìng jī lì duàn
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to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
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戒斷
jiè duàn
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withdrawal (from drugs)
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截斷
jié duàn
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to break or cut in two;
to sever;
to cut off;
(fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc);
to interrupt;
(math.) to truncate
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打斷
dǎ duàn
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to interrupt;
to break off;
to break (a bone)
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投鞭斷流
tóu biān duàn liú
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arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
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折斷
zhé duàn
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to snap sth off;
to break
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拗斷
ào duàn
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to break by twisting
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掐斷
qiā duàn
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cut off;
disconnect
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掛斷
guà duàn
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to hang up (a phone)
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接連不斷
jiē lián bù duàn
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in unbroken succession (idiom)
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推斷
tuī duàn
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to infer;
to deduce;
to predict;
to extrapolate
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摔斷
shuāi duàn
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to fall and break;
to break (bones) by falling
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擅斷
shàn duàn
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arbitrary
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斬斷
zhǎn duàn
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to cut off;
to chop sth in half
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斷乎
duàn hū
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certainly
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斷交
duàn jiāo
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to end a relationship;
to break off diplomatic ties
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斷代
duàn dài
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periodization (of history)
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斷句
duàn jù
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to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing;
to punctuate
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斷奶
duàn nǎi
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to wean
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斷定
duàn dìng
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to conclude;
to determine;
to come to a judgment
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斷層
duàn céng
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fault (geology);
CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4];
(fig.) gap;
rupture (in the transmission of some skill);
(tomography) cross-sectional
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斷層線
duàn céng xiàn
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geological fault line
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斷崖
duàn yá
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steep cliff;
crag;
precipice
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