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Trad. 斷
- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly
Trad. 搶斷
- (basketball) to steal (the ball)
- (soccer) to dispossess an opponent (by tackling or intercepting a pass)
Trad. 掐斷
- to nip off (with fingernails etc)
- (fig.) to cut off (supply etc)
- to disconnect
Trad. 熔斷
- (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)
Trad. 截斷
- 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
Trad. 斷乳
- to wean; to be weaned
- (TCM) to use medication to stop lactation
Trad. 了斷
- to bring to a conclusion
- to settle (a dispute)
- to do away with (oneself)
- to break off (a relationship)
- resolution (of a problem)
Trad. 斷句
- to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing
- to punctuate
Trad. 斷尾
- (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail
- (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail
Trad. 斷層
- fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4])
- (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill)
- (tomography) cross-sectional
Trad. 斷弦
- widowed
- lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
Trad. 斷氣
- to stop breathing
- to breathe one's last
- to die
- to cut the gas supply
Trad. 斷碼
- (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
Trad. 斷線
- (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break
- (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued
- (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected
- cut off
Trad. 斷背
- homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
Trad. 聽斷
- to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court)
- to hear and decide
Trad. 點斷式
- designed to be torn off along a line of perforations
Trad. 斷崖式
- (of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous
Trad. 斷捨離
- (neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
Trad. 反壟斷
- to break up or prevent monopolies
- anti-monopoly; antitrust
Trad. 斷片兒
- (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout
- to be unable to recall what one did while drunk
Trad. 逆斷層
- reverse fault (geology)
- compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
Trad. 斷背山
- Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
Trad. 當斷則斷
- to make a decision when it's time to decide
Trad. 當斷即斷
- not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
Trad. 應機立斷
- to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
Trad. 當機立斷
- to make prompt decisions (idiom)
Trad. 獨斷專行
- to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
- a law unto oneself
Trad. 獨斷獨行
- to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
- a law unto oneself
Trad. 風波不斷
- constantly in turmoil
- crisis after crisis
Trad. 熔斷機制
- (finance) trading curb; circuit breaker
Trad. 割袍斷義
- to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
- to break all friendly ties
Trad. 傷筋斷骨
- to suffer serious injury (idiom)
Trad. 投鞭斷流
- arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
Trad. 多謀善斷
- (idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
Trad. 藕斷絲連
- lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
Trad. 殘垣斷壁
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Trad. 一刀兩斷
- (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with
Trad. 源源不斷
- (idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
Trad. 柔腸寸斷
- lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
- broken-hearted (idiom)
Trad. 接連不斷
- (idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous
Trad. 頹垣斷壁
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Trad. 斷垣殘壁
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Trad. 斷壁殘垣
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Trad. 斷壁頹垣
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Trad. 橫斷山脈
- Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet
Trad. 斷子絕孫
- to die without progeny
- (offensive) may you die childless
- may you be the last of your family line
Trad. 斷層掃描
- CT scan (computed tomography scan)
Trad. 斷斷續續
- intermittent
- off and on
- discontinuous
- stop-go
- stammering
- disjointed
- inarticulate
Trad. 逸塵斷鞅
- lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness
- fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)
Trad. 斷港絕潢
- to be unable to continue
- to come to a dead end (idiom)
Trad. 斷瓦殘垣
- the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
Trad. 斷線風箏
- a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
Trad. 時斷時續
- stopping and starting
- intermittent
- sporadic
- on and off
Trad. 肝腸寸斷
- lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
- fig. grief-stricken
Trad. 龍門斷層
- Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
Trad. 斷袖之癖
- 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.
Trad. 斷裂強度
- rupture strength
- breaking strength
Trad. 當斷不斷
- (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
Trad. 快刀斷亂麻
- lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
- cutting the Gordian knot
Trad. 龍門山斷層
- Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
Trad. 電腦斷層掃描
- CAT scan
- CT scan
Trad. 阻斷服務攻擊
- (Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
Trad. 走向滑動斷層
- strike-slip fault (geology)
- fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
Trad. 快速診斷測試
- rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
Trad. 清官難斷家務事
- even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
Trad. 聖安地列斯斷層
- San Andreas Fault, California
- also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层
Trad. 聖安德列斯斷層
- San Andreas Fault, California
Trad. 長流水，不斷線
- continuous and patient effort (idiom)
Trad. 正電子照射斷層攝影
- positrion emission tomography (PET)
Trad. 正電子發射斷層照相術
- positron emission tomography (PET)