duàn
Radical 69 · 11 strokes

to snap

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MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to snap

    突然折成两部分túrán zhéchéng liǎng bùfen

    • The rope broke.

  2. verb

    to cut off

    用刀或其他工具把东西分成两部分yòng dāo huò qítā gōngjù bǎ dōngxi fēnchéng liǎng bùfen

    • He cut off contact.

  3. adverb

    (usu. used in the negative) absolutely

    完全地;用于否定句表示绝对不wánquán de;yònyú fǒudìng jù biǎoshì juéduì bù

    • I absolutely will not do this sort of thing.

  4. verb

    to give up or abstain from sth

    • He quit drinking.

  5. verb

    to break

    分成两部分;破裂fēnchéng liǎng bùfen;pòliè

  6. verb

    to judge

    做出判断或决定zuòchū pànduàn huò juédìng

    • You cannot make a definitive judgment about this matter.

  7. adverb

    definitely

    肯定;确实kěndìng;quèshí

    • He certainly won't agree.

  8. adverb

    decidedly

    坚定有力地;毫不犹豫地jiānding yǒulì de;háobù yóuyù de

    • He will certainly not agree.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Using an axe to chop and sever threads — the image of breaking or cutting off.

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