顿挫 dùn cuò

DEFINITIONS

  1. a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
  2. a cadence
  3. punctuated by a transition
  4. with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)

CHARACTERS

顿 dùn
HSK 5
pause, stop; bow, kowtow; arrange
挫 cuò
HSK 6
push down; chop down; grind