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斷腸
duàn cháng
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heartbroken;
to break one's heart
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斷腿
duàn tuǐ
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broken leg
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斷行
duàn háng
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line break (computing)
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斷行
duàn xíng
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to carry out resolutely
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斷袖
duàn xiù
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homosexual;
see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3]
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斷袖之癖
duàn xiù zhī pǐ
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lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: 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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斷裂
duàn liè
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fracture;
rupture;
to break apart
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斷裂帶
duàn liè dài
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fault zone (geology)
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斷裂強度
duàn liè qiáng dù
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rupture strength;
breaking strength
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斷裂模數
duàn liè mó shù
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modulus rupture
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斷言
duàn yán
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to assert;
assertion
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斷語
duàn yǔ
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conclusion;
judgment;
verdict
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斷貨
duàn huò
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to run out of (stock)
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斷路器
duàn lù qì
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circuit breaker
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斷送
duàn sòng
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to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc);
ruined
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斷開
duàn kāi
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to break;
to sever;
to turn off (electric switch)
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斷電
duàn diàn
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power cut;
electric power failure
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斷頭台
duàn tóu tái
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guillotine;
scaffold
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斷食
duàn shí
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to fast;
hunger strike
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斷魂椒
duàn hún jiāo
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king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
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時斷時續
shí duàn shí xù
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stopping and starting;
intermittent;
sporadic;
on and off
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果斷
guǒ duàn
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firm;
decisive
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柔腸寸斷
róu cháng cùn duàn
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lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short;
broken-hearted (idiom)
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橫斷
héng duàn
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to cross (a road, an ocean etc);
to cut across
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橫斷山脈
héng duàn shān mài
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Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
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