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 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
Results beginning with 断
 duàn liè fracture / rupture / to break apart
 duàn dìng to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
 duàn diǎn breakpoint (computing)
 duàn rán resolute / definitive / categorically / absolutely
线 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
 duàn jué to sever / to break off
 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
 duàn diàn power cut / electric power failure
 duàn yán to assert / assertion
 duàn céng fault (geology) / CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4] / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
 duàn cháng heartbroken / to break one's heart
 duàn sòng to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined
 duàn nǎi to wean
 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply
 Duàn Qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
 duàn huò to run out of (stock)
 duàn xù intermittent
 duàn yá steep cliff / crag / precipice
 duàn liú to run dry (of river)
 duàn tuǐ broken leg
 duàn qiú (sports) to steal / to intercept the ball
 duàn dàng sold out / to be out of stock
 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties
 duàn àn to judge a case
 duàn dài periodization (of history)
 duàn yǔ conclusion / judgment / verdict
 duàn shí to fast / hunger strike
 duàn liáng to run out of food
 duàn piàn fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing
 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
 duàn háng line break (computing)
 duàn hū certainly
 duàn jù to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate
 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
 duàn xiǎng brief commentary
 duàn xíng to carry out resolutely
 duàn xiù homosexual / see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3]
 duàn yù to pass judgment on a legal case
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 duàn lù qì circuit breaker
 Duàn bèi shān Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
 duàn tóu tái guillotine / scaffold
线  breakwire
 duàn céng miàn fault plane
线 duàn céng xiàn geological fault line
 duàn hún jiāo king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology)
 duàn liè qū flaw
 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
 duàn piàn r (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout / to be unable to recall what one did while drunk
 duàn shě lí (neologism c. 2012) decluttering / minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 / "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
线 duàn xiàn qián bolt cutter
 duàn yán fāng asserting party
 duàn duàn xù xù intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate
 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line
线 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite with cut string (idiom) / fig. gone beyond recall
 duàn xiù zhī pǐ 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.
 duàn zhāng qǔ yì to quote out of context (idiom)
  weaning food
  weaning practices
 duàn bì cán yuán lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
 duàn bì tuí yuán lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
 duàn céng huó dòng faulting
 duàn céng zuò yòng faulting
 duàn gǎng jué huáng to be unable to continue / to come to a dead end (idiom)
 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war
 duàn liè bīng xì flaw polynya
 duàn liè mó shù modulus rupture
 duàn liè qiáng dù rupture strength / breaking strength
 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
 duàn yuán cán bì lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
  rifted volcanic margin
 duàn liè hòu chén jī post-rift sediment
 duàn liè shí chén jī syn-rift sediment
 duàn rǔ fù xiè zhèng diarrhoea ablactatorum
  rifted continental margin / rifted margin / divergent margin / extensional continental margin
 duàn jué wài jiāo guān xì breaking-off of diplomatic relations
 duàn liè fēi huǒ shān bian rifted non-volcanic margin
线 duàn xiàn yǐn bào yǐn xìn breakwire-actuated fuse
 duàn liè hòu bù zhěng hé miàn post-rift unconformity
Approximate Results for 断
 bù duàn unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
 pàn duàn to judge / to determine / judgment
 zhěn duàn diagnosis / to diagnose
 dǎ duàn to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
 lǒng duàn to monopolize
 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt
 guǒ duàn firm / decisive
 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever
 piàn duàn section / fragment / segment
 tuī duàn to infer / to deduce / to predict / to extrapolate
 zhé duàn to snap sth off / to break
 guà duàn to hang up (a phone)
 zǔ duàn to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict
 mǎi duàn to buy out / buyout / severance
 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
 jué duàn to make a decision / resolution / decisiveness / resolute
 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half
 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition
 kǎn duàn to chop off
 lùn duàn to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion
 jiàn duàn disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break
 gē duàn to cut off / to sever
 wǔ duàn arbitrary / subjective / dogmatic
 jiǎn duàn to cut / to snip
 dú duàn to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial
 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across
 píng duàn to judge
 yì duàn to assume / assumption
 zhuān duàn to act arbitrarily / to make decisions without consulting others
 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow
 cái duàn to consider and decide
 zhē duàn to cut off / to interrupt / to prevent access
 gōng duàn arbitration (law)
 ǎo duàn to break by twisting
 diē duàn to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)
 guān duàn to shut off
 jiā duàn to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off
 jiè duàn withdrawal (from drugs)
 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)
 qiā duàn to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect
 shàn duàn arbitrary
 shěn duàn to examine
 shuāi duàn to fall and break / to break (bones) by falling
 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide
 wàng duàn to jump to an unfounded conclusion
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 pàn duàn lì ability to judge / judgment
 fǎn lǒng duàn antitrust
 héng duàn miàn horizontal section
 zòng duàn miàn vertical section / longitudinal section
  early weaning
 chōng duàn céng thrust fault (geology) / compression fault
 diǎn duàn shì designed to be torn off along a line of perforations
 gé duàn bǎn partition board
 hē duàn piàn to get blackout drunk (slang)
 héng duàn wù transverse object
 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
 pàn duàn yǔ predicate
 róng duàn sī fuse wire
 zhěn duàn bāo diagnosis kit
 zhèng duàn céng normal fault (geology)
 yuán yuán bù duàn a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream
 dāng jī lì duàn to make prompt decisions (idiom)
 lián xù bù duàn continuous / unceasing
 jiē lián bù duàn in unbroken succession (idiom)
 fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ antitrust legislation
 cán yuán duàn bì lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
 dú duàn dú xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
 ēn duàn yì jué to split up / to break all ties
 dú duàn zhuān xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
 duō móu shàn duàn resourceful and decisive / resolute and sagacious
 gān cháng cùn duàn lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken
 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
 róu cháng cùn duàn lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)
 shí wén duàn zì literate / a cultured person
 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army
穿 yǎn chuān cháng duàn waiting anxiously (idiom)
 yì chén duàn yāng lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness / fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
 yī dāo liǎng duàn lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom) / fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
 yìng jī lì duàn to act on an opportunity (idiom) / to take prompt advantage of a situation
 yōu róu guǎ duàn indecisive / irresolute
  break in service
  continental break-up
  seismic section / cross section / section
  air interdiction
  profile
  signal black-out / black-out
  transform fault
  magmatic break-up
  margin of appreciation
  cut-off effect
  upthrust
  transcurrent fault
  stratigraphic break / break / stratigraphic gap
  continuous learning
  interdiction fire
 bèi dòng duàn liè passive rifting
 bìng qián zhěn duàn donozology
 chǎn qián zhěn duàn prenatal diagnosis
 chāo shēng zhěn duàn ultrasonic diagnosis / diagnosis using ultrasonic scan
 cí huì pàn duàn lexical decision
 dāng duàn bù duàn (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
 dāng duàn jí duàn not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
 dāng duàn zé duàn to make a decision when it's time to decide
 fēng bō bù duàn constantly in turmoil / crisis after crisis
 gē páo duàn yì to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties
 guǎ tóu lǒng duàn oligopoly
 héng duàn bù dào pedestrian crossing
 Héng duàn shān mài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
 lǒng duàn fàn mài monopoly
 Lóng mén duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
 róng duàn jī zhì (finance) trading curb / circuit breaker
 shāng jīn duàn gǔ to suffer serious injury (idiom)
 shí duàn shí xù stopping and starting / intermittent / sporadic / on and off
 shuāng tóu lǒng duàn duopoly
 tuí yuán duàn bì lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
 yán zhǎng duàn liè extensional break-up
 yīng míng guǒ duàn wise and resolute
 zhǎn píng duàn miàn datumized section / flattened section
 zhěn duàn bào gào diagnostic report
 zhěn duàn chǎn pǐn diagnostic product
 zhěn duàn gōng néng diagnostic function
 zhuǎn huàn duàn céng transform fault (geology)
 zhuān jiā pàn duàn expert judgement
 zhǔ dòng duàn liè active rifting
 zì rán lǒng duàn natural monopoly
 zì xíng liǎo duàn to take one's life
 zǒu xiàng duàn céng strike fault (geology)
 bù jiān duàn diàn yuán uninterruptible
  bathymetric section
  fence diagram
  disarticulation / exarticulation
  standing patrol
  velocity discontinuity / seismic discontinuity / seismic interface
  velocity discontinuity / seismic discontinuity / seismic interface
 cí huì pàn duàn fǎ lexical decision task
 héng duàn miàn yán jiū cross-sectional survey / cross-sectional study / prevalence study
 jì suàn jī duàn céng CT, computed tomography (medical imaging method)
 kuài dāo duàn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot
 Lóng mén shān duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
 xiōng gāo duàn miàn jī basal area
 zhē duàn gōng jī jī interdiction and strike aircraft
 zhèng diàn zǐ duàn céng PET, positron emission tomography (medical imaging method)
DNA探  DNA probe-based diagnostic
  Operation Decisive Endeavour
  synthetic seismic section
  Romanche Trench
  dip-slip fault
  baby-led weaning
 cí huì pàn duàn rèn wù lexical decision task
 cí huì pàn duàn rèn wu lexical decision task (psychology)
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