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Meaning of 断

Pinyin duàn

Radical

斤

Strokes

Definition

absolutely / decidedly (in negative constructions) / break / to judge

Usage

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断斷 duàn 动 1. 长形的东西从中间分开。 (English: Cut off; the act of dividing a long object in the middle.) 例: 断裂 (broken), 断层 (fault layer), 断面 (cross-section), 截断 (interrupt), 断肠 (severed intestines), 断魂 (severed spirit), 断线风筝 (cut-line kite). 2. 不继续，禁绝。 (English: Do not continue; to prohibit.) 例: 断粮 (cut off grain), 断水 (stop water supply), 断炊 (stop cooking), 断奶 (stop breastfeeding), 断档 (block the flow), 断流 (stop the flow), 断种 (cease planting), 断交 (cut off exchanges), 断片 (stop sections), 断续 (discontinued), 断子绝孙 (cut off descendants). 3. 判定，决定。 (English: To judge; to determine.) 例: 判断 (make a judgment), 诊断 (diagnose), 断狱 (judge a case). 4. 一定，绝对。 (English: Certain; absolute.) 例: 断乎不可 (certainly not), 断然施行 (absolutely implement). 动本义: 截断，截开 (English: The original meaning: to cut off and separate.) 造字法: 会意。 (English: Character formation: associative meaning.) 1. 同本义 ([En.] cut off) 引: 1. 《说文》：断，截也。 (English: "Shuowen": "Duàn means to cut.") 2. 《易·系辞下》：断木为杵。 (English: "Yijing": "Cut wood to make a pestle.") 3. 《玉台新咏·古诗为焦仲卿妻作》：三日断五匹，大人故嫌迟。 (English: "Yutai Xinyong": "In three days, cut off five horses; the great man complained of delay.") 4. 《韩非子·说林下》：公孙弘断发而为越王骑。 (English: "Hanfeizi": "Gongsun Hong cut his hair to become a horseman for King Yue.") 5. 《韩非子·用人》：是断手而续以玉也，故世有易身之患。 (English: "Hanfeizi": "This means cutting off the hand and using jade to replace it, hence the danger of changing one's identity.") 例: 又如: 断梗 (broken branch; metaphorically refers to being lost or unstable), 断金 (solidarity), 断袖 (referring to a male lover; metaphorically deep friendship), 断颡 (beheading), 断袖之宠 (male lover), 断头话 (decisive words), 断裳 (cutting of garments). 2. 断开;断绝 (English: Break; sever.) 引: 1. 《徐霞客游记·游黄山记》：断者架木通之。 (English: "Xu Xiake's Travels": "The broken ones are the ones that pass through the wood.") 2. 《韩非子·内储说下》：切肉肉断而发不断。 (English: "Hanfeizi": "Cutting meat is broken but the hair remains unbroken.") 3. 唐· 李白《望天门山》：天门中断楚江开。 (English: Tang, Li Bai's "Wang Tianmen Mountain": "The heavenly gate is broken, and the Chu River flows open.") 例: 又如: 断纹 (cracks on an instrument), 断头香 (incense that burns out midway; superstitiously believed not to burn again signifies disrespect). 3. 拦截;拦劫 (English: Intercept.) 引: 1. 《后汉书·杜茂传》：坐断兵马禀缣。 (English: "Book of the Later Han": "Sitting to intercept troops and silk.") 2. 《后汉书·盖勋传》：因军兴，断盗数千万。注:“断，谓割截。” (English: "Book of the Later Han": "As the army rises, intercepting thieves in tens of millions. Note: '断' means to cut off.") 例: 又如: 断取 (cut off), 断盗 (intercept robbery). 4. 判断;裁决 (English: Judge; to resolve.) 引: 1. 宋· 苏轼《石钟山记》：事不目见耳闻，而臆断其有无，可乎。 (English: "Song Su Shi's 'Shizhong Mountain': "Is it appropriate to judge something that is neither seen nor heard?") 例: 又如: 断配 (judge and exile), 断决 (make a judgment), 断冤 (settle a wrongfully accused case), 断遣 (judge and dispose), 断没 (make a judgment on confiscation). 5. 分;区分;划分 (English: Divide; to distinguish.) 引: 1. 《释名》：断，段也，分为异段。 (English: "Shiming": "Duàn means to segment, to divide into different segments.") 例: 又如: 断限 (set age limits), 断方 (divide into squares). 6. 禁止 (English: Inhibit.) 例: 如: 断酒 (prohibit brewing), 断尽 (totally prohibit), 断渡 (stop ferrying). 7. 戒掉，有意地抑制自己不行动 (English: To abstain from; to consciously refrain from action.) 例: 如: 断酒 (abstain from wine). 8. 斩杀，宰杀 (English: To kill.) 引: 1. 《汉书·淮南历王长传》：大者立断。 (English: "Book of Han": "The great ones are to be cut off.") 例: 又如: 断除 (eliminate), 断杀 (cut down), 断首 (behead). 9. 治理，治，管理…的事物 (English: To administer.) 例: 如: 断遗 (manage; dispose). 副绝对;一定 (English: Absolutely; certain.) 引: 1. 唐· 李商隐《无题》：断无消息石榴红。 (English: Tang Li Shangyin's "Untitled": "Absolutely no news; the pomegranate is red.") 例: 又如: 他的话断不可信 (His words are absolutely not trustworthy), 断无此理 (there's absolutely no such reasoning), 断无 (absolutely not), 断省 (keen judgment), 断黑 (totally black), 断喝 (extremely harsh shouting). 形 1. 残缺;片断 (English: Broken; incomplete.) 例: 如: 断想 (fragmented thoughts), 断碎 (missing pieces), 断霞 (fragmented clouds.) 2. 陡峭 (English: Abrupt.) 例: 如: 断壁 (cliff), 断石 (steep rock).

垄断 lǒng duàn

to enjoy market dominance / to monopolize

断喝 duàn hē

Stop drinking

垄断资本 lǒng duàn zī běn

monopoly capital / monopolistic capital

垄断性 lǒng duàn xìng

monopoly

反垄断法 fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ

anti-trust law / legislation again monopolies

核垄断 hé lǒng duàn

nuclear monopoly

垄断权 lǒng duàn quán

monopoly right

垄断者 lǒng duàn zhě

monopolist

断壁残垣 duàn bì cán yuán

dilapidated walls

残垣断壁 cán yuán duàn bì

crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

断垣残壁 duàn yuán cán bì

debris / dilapidated walls

优柔寡断 yōu róu guǎ duàn

indecisive / irresolute

断层 duàn céng

fault (geology) / CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4] / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional

断崖 duàn yá

steep cliff / crag / precipice

割断 gē duàn

to cut off / to sever

切断 qiē duàn

to cut off / to sever

判断力 pàn duàn lì

ability to judge / judgment

截断 jié duàn

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

打断 dǎ duàn

to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)

扭断 niǔ duàn

twist off

折断 zhé duàn

to snap sth off / to break

抢断 qiǎng duàn

ST(Steal)

挂断 guà duàn

to hang up (a phone)

挣断 zhēng duàn

Break

掐断 qiā duàn

cut off / disconnect

推断 tuī duàn

to infer / to deduce / to predict / to extrapolate

斩断 zhǎn duàn

to cut off / to chop sth in half

中断 zhōng duàn

to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt

诊断 zhěn duàn

diagnosis / to diagnose

果断 guǒ duàn

firm / decisive

断裂 duàn liè

fracture / rupture / to break apart

断定 duàn dìng

to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment

断然 duàn rán

resolute / definitive / categorically / absolutely

断绝 duàn jué

to sever / to break off

论断 lùn duàn

to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion

断断续续 duàn duàn xù xù

intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate

断代 duàn dài

periodization (of history)

间断 jiàn duàn

disconnected / interrupted / suspended

接连不断 jiē lián bù duàn

in unbroken succession (idiom)

判断 pàn duàn

to judge / to determine / judgment

断炊 duàn chuī

run out of rice and fuel / can't keep the pot boiling / go hungry

熔断器 róng duàn qì

fuse / fuse protector / fusible cutout

熔断 róng duàn

(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow

片断 piàn duàn

section / fragment / segment

断狱 duàn yù

to pass judgment on a legal case

断续 duàn xù

intermittent

连续不断 lián xù bù duàn

continuous / unceasing

连绵不断 lián mián bù duàn

incessantly / without stop

断肠 duàn cháng

heartbroken / to break one's heart

断肠草 duàn cháng cǎo

gelsemium elegan

断肢 duàn zhī

amputated limb

断腕 duàn wàn

Broken wrist

壮士断腕 zhuàng shì duàn wàn

cutting one's own wrist / to cut one's arm to save one's body - make a prompt and resolute decision

不断 bù duàn

unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant

断腿 duàn tuǐ

broken leg

断臂 duàn bì

break an arm / broken arm

主观臆断 zhǔ guān yì duàn

subjective assume / get sth into one's head

臆断 yì duàn

to assume / assumption

藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián

lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another

裁断 cái duàn

to consider and decide

断裂带 duàn liè dài

fault zone (geology)

断言 duàn yán

to assert / assertion

阻断 zǔ duàn

to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict

隔断 gé duàn

partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition