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拗斷 拗断 [[ao3duan4]] /(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)/ 742 2
不斷 不断 [bu4 duan4] /unceasing/uninterrupted/continuous/constant/ 6224 1
裁斷 裁断 [cai2 duan4] /to consider and decide/ 5568 1
殘垣斷壁 残垣断壁 [can2 yuan2 duan4 bi4] /lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)/fig. scene of devastation/ruins/ 1892 1
長流水,不斷線 长流水,不断线 [chang2 liu2 shui3 , bu4 duan4 xian4] /continuous and patient effort (idiom)/ 4215 1
衝斷層 冲断层 [chong1 duan4 ceng2] /thrust fault (geology)/compression fault/ 6191 1
打斷 打断 [da3 duan4] /to interrupt/to break off/to break (a bone)/ 6819 1
當斷即斷 当断即断 [dang1 duan4 ji2 duan4] /not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed/ 5402 1
當斷則斷 当断则断 [dang1 duan4 ze2 duan4] /to make a decision when it's time to decide/ 5402 1
當機立斷 当机立断 [dang1 ji1 li4 duan4] /to make prompt decisions (idiom)/ 6191 1
當斷不斷 当断不断 [[dang1duan4-bu4duan4]] /(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed/ 419 2
點斷式 点断式 [dian3 duan4 shi4] /designed to be torn off along a line of perforations/ 3194 1
電腦斷層掃描 电脑断层扫描 [dian4 nao3 duan4 ceng2 sao3 miao2] /CAT scan/CT scan/ 5416 1
跌斷 跌断 [die1 duan4] /to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)/ 6085 1
獨斷 独断 [du2 duan4] /to decide alone without consultation/arbitrary/dictatorial/ 6569 1
獨斷獨行 独断独行 [du2 duan4 du2 xing2] /to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action/a law unto oneself/ 6351 1
獨斷專行 独断专行 [du2 duan4 zhuan1 xing2] /to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action/a law unto oneself/ 6351 1
[duan4] /to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely/definitely/decidedly/ 5190 1
斷案 断案 [duan4 an4] /to judge a case/ 6582 1
斷背 断背 [duan4 bei4] /homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)/ 2966 1
斷背山 断背山 [Duan4 bei4 Shan1] /Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]/ 2966 1
斷壁殘垣 断壁残垣 [duan4 bi4 can2 yuan2] /lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)/fig. scene of devastation/ruins/ 1892 1
斷壁頹垣 断壁颓垣 [duan4 bi4 tui2 yuan2] /lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)/fig. scene of devastation/ruins/ 1892 1
斷層線 断层线 [duan4 ceng2 xian4] /geological fault line/ 6666 1
斷腸 断肠 [duan4 chang2] /heartbroken/to break one's heart/ 5849 1
斷代 断代 [duan4 dai4] /periodization (of history)/ 7031 1
斷檔 断档 [duan4 dang4] /sold out/to be out of stock/ 6962 1
斷定 断定 [duan4 ding4] /to conclude/to determine/to come to a judgment/ 6811 1
斷斷續續 断断续续 [duan4 duan4 xu4 xu4] /intermittent/off and on/discontinuous/stop-go/stammering/disjointed/inarticulate/ 6972 1
斷港絕潢 断港绝潢 [duan4 gang3 jue2 huang2] /to be unable to continue/to come to a dead end (idiom)/ 6118 1
斷供 断供 [duan4 gong1] /to default on a mortgage/to stop supplying sth/ 1363 1
斷行 断行 [duan4 hang2] /line break (computing)/ 3422 1
斷乎 断乎 [duan4 hu1] /certainly/ 6110 1
斷貨 断货 [duan4 huo4] /to run out of (stock)/ 4423 1
斷交 断交 [duan4 jiao1] /to end a relationship/to break off diplomatic ties/ 4465 1
斷句 断句 [duan4 ju4] /to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing/to punctuate/ 5799 1
斷開 断开 [duan4 kai1] /to break/to sever/to turn off (electric switch)/ 6209 1
斷糧 断粮 [duan4 liang2] /to run out of food/ 6318 1
斷裂 断裂 [duan4 lie4] /fracture/rupture/to break apart/ 5371 1
斷裂帶 断裂带 [duan4 lie4 dai4] /fault zone (geology)/ 6191 1
斷裂模數 断裂模数 [duan4 lie4 mo2 shu4] /modulus rupture/ 7119 1
斷裂強度 断裂强度 [duan4 lie4 qiang2 du4] /rupture strength/breaking strength/ 5384 1
斷流 断流 [duan4 liu2] /to run dry (of river)/ 6712 1
斷路器 断路器 [duan4 lu4 qi4] /circuit breaker/ 5942 1
斷滅 断灭 [duan4 mie4] /annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)/ 6707 1
斷滅論 断灭论 [duan4 mie4 lun4] /annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)/ 6707 1
斷奶 断奶 [duan4 nai3] /to wean/ 6049 1
斷片 断片 [duan4 pian4] /fragment/piece/(of a film) to break in the middle of viewing/ 3822 1
斷片兒 断片儿 [duan4 pian4 r5] /(coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout/to be unable to recall what one did while drunk/ 1992 1
斷氣 断气 [duan4 qi4] /to stop breathing/to breathe one's last/to die/to cut the gas supply/ 6443 1
斷橋 断桥 [Duan4 Qiao2] /The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)/ 4509 1
斷球 断球 [duan4 qiu2] /(sports) to steal/to intercept the ball/ 2799 1
斷然 断然 [duan4 ran2] /resolute/definitive/categorically/absolutely/ 5051 1
斷食 断食 [duan4 shi2] /to fast/hunger strike/ 6244 1
斷送 断送 [duan4 song4] /to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc)/ruined/ 6767 1
斷頭台 断头台 [duan4 tou2 tai2] /guillotine/scaffold/ 5531 1
斷腿 断腿 [duan4 tui3] /broken leg/ 6809 1
斷瓦殘垣 断瓦残垣 [duan4 wa3 can2 yuan2] /the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated/ 6767 1
斷弦 断弦 [duan4 xian2] /widowed/lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony/ 5913 1
斷線 断线 [duan4 xian4] /(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break/(of a tradition etc) to be discontinued/(telephone or Internet connection) disconnected/cut off/ 4130 1
斷線風箏 断线风筝 [duan4 xian4 feng1 zheng1] /a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)/ 1244 1
斷線鉗 断线钳 [duan4 xian4 qian2] /bolt cutter/ 4027 1
斷想 断想 [duan4 xiang3] /brief commentary/ 6767 1
斷行 断行 [duan4 xing2] /to carry out resolutely/ 6767 1
斷袖 断袖 [duan4 xiu4] /homosexual/see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3]/ 4359 1
斷袖之癖 断袖之癖 [duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3] /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./ 6351 1
斷續 断续 [duan4 xu4] /intermittent/ 6767 1
斷崖 断崖 [duan4 ya2] /steep cliff/crag/precipice/ 6441 1
斷言 断言 [duan4 yan2] /to assert/assertion/ 1298 1
斷語 断语 [duan4 yu3] /conclusion/judgment/verdict/ 3703 1
斷獄 断狱 [duan4 yu4] /to pass judgment on a legal case/ 3703 1
斷垣殘壁 断垣残壁 [duan4 yuan2 can2 bi4] /lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)/fig. scene of devastation/ruins/ 1892 1
斷子絕孫 断子绝孙 [duan4 zi3 jue2 sun1] /to die without progeny/(offensive) may you die childless/may you be the last of your family line/ 2248 1
斷層 断层 [[duan4ceng2]] /(geology) fault (CL:道[dao4])/(fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill)/(tomography) cross-sectional/ 99 2
斷層成像 断层成像 [[duan4ceng2 cheng2xiang4]] /computed tomography/ 821 2
斷層掃描 断层扫描 [[duan4ceng2 sao3miao2]] /CT scan (computed tomography scan)/ 821 2
斷層攝影 断层摄影 [[duan4ceng2 she4ying3]] /computed tomography/ 821 2
斷點 断点 [[duan4dian3]] /(computing) breakpoint/ 815 2
斷電 断电 [[duan4dian4]] /to experience a power outage; to have a power failure/ 873 2
斷頓 断顿 [[duan4dun4]] /to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity)/ 861 2
斷魂椒 断魂椒 [[duan4hun2jiao1]] /ghost pepper/ 44 2
斷絕 断绝 [[duan4jue2]] /to sever; to break off/ 441 2
斷碼 断码 [[duan4ma3]] /(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes/ 719 2
斷乳 断乳 [[duan4ru3]] /to wean; to be weaned/(TCM) to use medication to stop lactation/ 879 2
斷捨離 断舍离 [[duan4she3li2]] /(neologism, attested by 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")/ 174 2
斷生 断生 [[duan4sheng1]] /(of food) to be cooked just until no longer raw/ 839 2
斷頭路 断头路 [[duan4tou2lu4]] /dead-end road; (fig.) impasse/ 646 2
斷網 断网 [[duan4wang3]] /to cut off access to the Internet; to shut down the Internet/ 766 2
斷尾 断尾 [[duan4wei3]] /(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail/(animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail/ 851 2
斷崖式 断崖式 [[duan4ya2shi4]] /(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous/ 648 2
斷章取義 断章取义 [[duan4zhang1-qu3yi4]] /(idiom) to quote out of context/ 856 2
斷肢 断肢 [[duan4zhi1]] /severed limb/ 152 2
多謀善斷 多谋善断 [[duo1mou2-shan4duan4]] /(idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious/ 787 2
恩斷義絕 恩断义绝 [en1 duan4 yi4 jue2] /to split up/to break all ties/ 5025 1
反壟斷法 反垄断法 [fan3 long3 duan4 fa3] /antitrust legislation/ 1482 1
反壟斷 反垄断 [[fan3long3duan4]] /to break up or prevent monopolies/anti-monopoly; antitrust/ 561 2
風波不斷 风波不断 [feng1 bo1 bu4 duan4] /constantly in turmoil/crisis after crisis/ 4997 1
肝腸寸斷 肝肠寸断 [gan1 chang2 cun4 duan4] /lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)/fig. grief-stricken/ 3108 1
割斷 割断 [ge1 duan4] /to cut off/to sever/ 6699 1
割袍斷義 割袍断义 [ge1 pao2 duan4 yi4] /to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)/to break all friendly ties/ 5015 1
隔斷 隔断 [ge2 duan4] /partition/to stand between/wall or fence serving as partition/ 6608 1
隔斷板 隔断板 [ge2 duan4 ban3] /partition board/ 6608 1
公斷 公断 [gong1 duan4] /arbitration (law)/ 6091 1
寡頭壟斷 寡头垄断 [gua3 tou2 long3 duan4] /oligopoly/ 7051 1
掛斷 挂断 [gua4 duan4] /to hang up (a phone)/ 7119 1
關斷 关断 [guan1 duan4] /to shut off/ 1719 1
果斷 果断 [guo3 duan4] /firm/decisive/ 7119 1
喝斷片 喝断片 [he1 duan4 pian4] /to get blackout drunk (slang)/ 3947 1
橫斷 横断 [heng2 duan4] /to cross (a road, an ocean etc)/to cut across/ 6224 1
橫斷步道 横断步道 [heng2 duan4 bu4 dao4] /pedestrian crossing/ 6224 1
橫斷面 横断面 [heng2 duan4 mian4] /horizontal section/ 6589 1
橫斷山脈 横断山脉 [Heng2 duan4 shan1 mai4] /Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet/ 6489 1
橫斷物 横断物 [heng2 duan4 wu4] /transverse object/ 7119 1
夾斷 夹断 [jia1 duan4] /to nip (i.e. cut short)/to pinch off/ 6657 1
剪斷 剪断 [jian3 duan4] /to cut/to snip/ 5165 1
間斷 间断 [jian4 duan4] /disconnected/interrupted/suspended/a gap/a break/ 2215 1
接連不斷 接连不断 [[jie1lian2-bu4duan4]] /(idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous/ 669 2
截斷 截断 [jie2 duan4] /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/ 3806 1
戒斷 戒断 [jie4 duan4] /to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal/ 1365 1
決斷 决断 [jue2 duan4] /to make a decision/resolution/decisiveness/resolute/ 5759 1
砍斷 砍断 [kan3 duan4] /to chop off/ 6817 1
快刀斷亂麻 快刀断乱麻 [kuai4 dao1 duan4 luan4 ma2] /lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation/cutting the Gordian knot/ 6351 1
快速診斷測試 快速诊断测试 [[kuai4su4 zhen3duan4 ce4shi4]] /rapid diagnostic test (RDT)/ 389 2
李安 李安 [Li3 An1] /Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)/ 5804 1
連續不斷 连续不断 [lian2 xu4 bu4 duan4] /continuous/unceasing/ 6599 1
了斷 了断 [[liao3duan4]] /to bring to a conclusion; to resolve (a dispute etc); to put an end to (once and for all); to break off (a relationship); to commit suicide; resolution (of a matter)/ 196 2
龍門斷層 龙门断层 [Long2 men2 duan4 ceng2] /Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin/ 6663 1
龍門山斷層 龙门山断层 [Long2 men2 shan1 duan4 ceng2] /Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin/ 6663 1
壟斷 垄断 [[long3duan4]] /to monopolize/ 866 2
論斷 论断 [lun4 duan4] /to infer/to judge/inference/judgment/conclusion/ 3703 1
買斷 买断 [mai3 duan4] /to buy out/buyout/severance/ 6399 1
逆斷層 逆断层 [ni4 duan4 ceng2] /reverse fault (geology)/compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees/ 6191 1
藕斷絲連 藕断丝连 [ou3 duan4 si1 lian2] /lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another/ 6351 1
判斷力 判断力 [pan4 duan4 li4] /ability to judge/judgment/ 6878 1
判斷 判断 [[pan4duan4]] /to judge; to determine; judgment/ 154 2
判斷語 判断语 [[pan4duan4yu3]] /predicate/ 962 2
片斷 片断 [pian4 duan4] /section/fragment/segment/ 7119 1
評斷 评断 [ping2 duan4] /to judge/ 7068 1
掐斷 掐断 [qia1 duan4] /to nip off (with fingernails etc)/(fig.) to cut off (supply etc)/to disconnect/ 1637 1
搶斷 抢断 [[qiang3duan4]] /(basketball) to steal (the ball)/(soccer) to dispossess an opponent (by tackling or intercepting a pass)/ 522 2
切斷 切断 [[qie1duan4]] /to cut off; to sever/ 900 2
清官難斷家務事 清官难断家务事 [qing1 guan1 nan2 duan4 jia1 wu4 shi4] /even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)/ 4700 1
熔斷絲 熔断丝 [rong2 duan4 si1] /fuse wire/ 3201 1
熔斷 熔断 [[rong2duan4]] /(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow/(fig.) to halt stock trading/(fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)/ 836 2
熔斷機制 熔断机制 [[rong2duan4 ji1zhi4]] /(finance) trading curb; circuit breaker/ 840 2
柔腸寸斷 柔肠寸断 [rou2 chang2 cun4 duan4] /lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short/broken-hearted (idiom)/ 4940 1
擅斷 擅断 [shan4 duan4] /arbitrary/ 7062 1
傷筋斷骨 伤筋断骨 [shang1 jin1 duan4 gu3] /to suffer serious injury (idiom)/ 5577 1
審斷 审断 [shen3 duan4] /to examine/ 7068 1
聖安德列斯斷層 圣安德列斯断层 [Sheng4 an1 de2 lie4 si1 Duan4 ceng2] /San Andreas Fault, California/ 2033 1
聖安地列斯斷層 圣安地列斯断层 [Sheng4 an1 de5 lie4 si1 Duan4 ceng2] /San Andreas Fault, California/also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层/ 3888 1
時斷時續 时断时续 [shi2 duan4 shi2 xu4] /stopping and starting/intermittent/sporadic/on and off/ 6956 1
識文斷字 识文断字 [[shi2wen2-duan4zi4]] /(idiom) able to read; literate/ 773 2
摔斷 摔断 [[shuai1duan4]] /to break (e.g. bones) in a fall/ 415 2
聽斷 听断 [ting1 duan4] /to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)/to hear and decide/ 6386 1
投鞭斷流 投鞭断流 [tou2 bian1 duan4 liu2] /arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army/ 6047 1
推斷 推断 [tui1 duan4] /to infer/to deduce/to predict/to extrapolate/ 7119 1
頹垣斷壁 颓垣断壁 [tui2 yuan2 duan4 bi4] /lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)/fig. scene of devastation/ruins/ 1892 1
妄斷 妄断 [wang4 duan4] /to jump to an unfounded conclusion/ 6815 1
武斷 武断 [wu3 duan4] /arbitrary/subjective/dogmatic/ 5508 1
眼穿腸斷 眼穿肠断 [yan3 chuan1 chang2 duan4] /waiting anxiously (idiom)/ 3937 1
一刀兩斷 一刀两断 [[yi1dao1-liang3duan4]] /(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with/ 522 2
逸塵斷鞅 逸尘断鞅 [yi4 chen2 duan4 yang1] /lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness/fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)/ 6158 1
臆斷 臆断 [yi4 duan4] /to assume/assumption/ 5947 1
印度鬼椒 印度鬼椒 [Yin4 du4 gui3 jiao1] /see 斷魂椒|断魂椒[duan4 hun2 jiao1]/ 6163 1
英明果斷 英明果断 [ying1 ming2 guo3 duan4] /wise and resolute/ 5622 1
應機立斷 应机立断 [ying4 ji1 li4 duan4] /to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation/ 6351 1
優柔寡斷 优柔寡断 [you1 rou2 gua3 duan4] /indecisive/irresolute/ 6272 1
源源不斷 源源不断 [[yuan2yuan2-bu4duan4]] /(idiom) in an unending stream; continuous/ 669 2
斬斷 斩断 [zhan3 duan4] /to cut off/to chop sth in half/ 5296 1
遮斷 遮断 [zhe1 duan4] /to cut off/to interrupt/to prevent access/ 6797 1
折斷 折断 [zhe2 duan4] /to snap sth off/to break/ 6978 1
診斷 诊断 [[zhen3duan4]] /to diagnose/ 866 2
正電子發射斷層照相術 正电子发射断层照相术 [zheng4 dian4 zi3 fa1 she4 duan4 ceng2 zhao4 xiang1 shu4] /positron emission tomography (PET)/ 7119 1
正電子照射斷層攝影 正电子照射断层摄影 [zheng4 dian4 zi3 zhao4 she4 duan4 ceng2 she4 ying3] /positrion emission tomography (PET)/ 4987 1
正斷層 正断层 [zheng4 duan4 ceng2] /normal fault (geology)/ 6191 1
中斷 中断 [zhong1 duan4] /to cut short/to break off/to discontinue/to interrupt/ 5516 1
專斷 专断 [zhuan1 duan4] /to act arbitrarily/to make decisions without consulting others/ 6483 1
轉換斷層 转换断层 [zhuan3 huan4 duan4 ceng2] /transform fault (geology)/ 6191 1
自行了斷 自行了断 [zi4 xing2 liao3 duan4] /to take one's life/ 4200 1
縱斷面 纵断面 [zong4 duan4 mian4] /vertical section/longitudinal section/ 6763 1
走向斷層 走向断层 [zou3 xiang4 duan4 ceng2] /strike fault (geology)/ 6191 1
走向滑動斷層 走向滑动断层 [zou3 xiang4 hua2 dong4 duan4 ceng2] /strike-slip fault (geology)/fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another/ 6191 1
阻斷 阻断 [zu3 duan4] /to block/to obstruct/to intercept/to interdict/ 6810 1
阻斷服務攻擊 阻断服务攻击 [[zu3duan4 fu2wu4 gong1ji1]] /(Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)/ 298 2

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