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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 duànduan4to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
2断定 斷定 duàn dìngduan4 ding4to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
3断言 斷言 duàn yánduan4 yan2to assert; assertion
4断绝 斷絕 duàn juéduan4 jue2to sever; to break off
5断裂 斷裂 duàn lièduan4 lie4fracture; rupture; to break apart
6断开 斷開 duàn kāiduan4 kai1to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)
7断行 斷行 duàn hángduan4 hang2line break (computing)
8断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn jué sūnduan4 zi3 jue2 sun1to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line
9断定时代 斷定時代 duàn dìng shí dàiduan4 ding4 shi2 dai4to date sth. (linguistics)
10断句 斷句 duàn duan4 ju4to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
11断齑昼粥 斷齏晝粥 duàn zhòu zhōuduan4 ji1 zhou4 zhou1to eat sparingly because of poverty (idiom)
12断货 斷貨 duàn huòduan4 huo4to run out of (stock)
13断魂椒 斷魂椒 duàn hún jiāoduan4 hun2 jiao1king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
14断乎 斷乎 duàn duan4 hu1certainly
15断断续续 斷斷續續 duàn duàn duan4 duan4 xu4 xu4intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate
16断电 斷電 duàn diànduan4 dian4power cut; electric power failure
17断档 斷檔 duàn dàngduan4 dang4sold out; to be out of stock
18断代 斷代 duàn dàiduan4 dai4periodization (of history)
19断肠 斷腸 duàn chángduan4 chang2heartbroken; to break one's heart
20断层线 斷層線 duàn céng xiànduan4 ceng2 xian4geological fault line
21断层 斷層 duàn céngduan4 ceng2fault (geology); Classifiers: ; (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill); (tomography) cross-sectional
22断不可信 斷不可信 duàn xìnduan4 bu4 ke3 xin4absolutely incredible (idiom)
23断壁残垣 斷壁殘垣 duàn cán yuánduan4 bi4 can2 yuan2ruins of buildings (idiom)
24断背山 斷背山 duàn bèi shānDuan4 bei4 Shan1Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安
25断背 斷背 duàn bèiduan4 bei4homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 断背山 , a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)

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