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斷弦
duàn xián
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widowed;
lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
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斷想
duàn xiǎng
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brief commentary
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斷斷續續
duàn duàn xù xù
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intermittent;
off and on;
discontinuous;
stop-go;
stammering;
disjointed;
inarticulate
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斷案
duàn àn
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to judge a case
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斷橋
duàn qiáo
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The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
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斷檔
duàn dàng
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sold out;
to be out of stock
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斷氣
duàn qì
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to stop breathing;
to breathe one's last;
to die;
to cut the gas supply
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斷流
duàn liú
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to run dry (of river)
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斷港絕潢
duàn gǎng jué huáng
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to be unable to continue;
to come to a dead end (idiom)
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斷滅
duàn miè
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annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
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斷滅論
duàn miè lùn
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annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
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斷然
duàn rán
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resolute;
definitive;
categorically;
absolutely
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斷片
duàn piàn
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fragment;
piece;
(of a film) to break in the middle of viewing
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斷獄
duàn yù
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to pass judgment on a legal case
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斷球
duàn qiú
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(sports) to steal;
to intercept the ball
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斷瓦殘垣
duàn wǎ cán yuán
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the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
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斷章取義
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
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to quote out of context (idiom)
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斷糧
duàn liáng
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to run out of food
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斷絕
duàn jué
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to sever;
to break off
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斷線
duàn xiàn
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(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break;
(of a tradition etc) to be discontinued;
(telephone or Internet connection) disconnected;
cut off
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斷線鉗
duàn xiàn qián
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bolt cutter
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斷線風箏
duàn xiàn fēng zhēng
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a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
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斷續
duàn xù
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intermittent
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斷背
duàn bèi
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homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
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斷背山
duàn bèi shān
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Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
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