断 (w)

(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

断乎 (w)

(duànhū) certainly

断交 (w)

(duànjiāo) break off diplomatic relations

断代 (w)

(duàndài) periodization (of history)

断句 (w)

(duànjù) to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate

断奶 (w)

(duànnǎi) to wean

断定 (w)

(duàndìng) to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment

断层 (w)

(duàncéng) geologic fault; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

断层线 (w)

(duàncéngxiàn) geological fault line

断崖 (w)

(duànyá) steep cliff; crag; precipice

断弦 (w)

(duànxián) widowed; lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

断想 (w)

(duànxiǎng) brief commentary

断断续续 (w)

(duànduànxùxù) intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate

断案 (w)

(duànàn) to judge a case

断桥 (w)

(duànqiáo) The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)

断档 (w)

(duàndàng) sold out; to be out of stock

断气 (w)

(duànqì) to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply

断流 (w)

(duànliú) to run dry (of river)

断港绝潢 (w)

(duàngǎngjuéhuáng) to be unable to continue; to come to a dead end (idiom)

断灭 (w)

(duànmiè) annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

断灭论 (w)

(duànmièlùn) annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

断然 (w)

(duànrán) absolutely; certainly

断狱 (w)

(duànyù) to pass judgement on a legal case

断瓦残垣 (w)

(duànwǎcányuán) the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

断章取义 (w)

(duànzhāngqǔyì) lit. to take meaning from cut segment (idiom); to interpret out of context; to focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece

断粮 (w)

(duànliáng) to run out of food

断绝 (w)

(duànjué) to sever; to break off

断线 (w)

(duànxiàn) disconnected; cut off

断线风筝 (w)

(duànxiànfēngzhēng) a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall

断续 (w)

(duànxù) intermittent

断背 (w)

(duànbèi) homosexual, cf Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain

断背山 (w)

(duànbèishān) Brokeback Mountain, film by Ang Lee

断肠 (w)

(duàncháng) heartbroken; to break one's heart

断腿 (w)

(duàntuǐ) broken leg

断行 (w)

(duànxíng) to carry out resolutely

断袖 (w)

(duànxiù) homosexual

断袖之癖 (w)

(duànxiùzhīpǐ) 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.

断裂 (w)

(duànliè) fracture; rupture

断裂带 (w)

(duànlièdài) fault zone (geology)

断裂模数 (w)

(duànlièmóshù) modulus rupture

断言 (w)

(duànyán) affirm; assertion

断语 (w)

(duànyǔ) conclusion; judgement; verdict

断路器 (w)

(duànlùqì) circuit breaker

断送 (w)

(duànsòng) to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined

断开 (w)

(duànkāi) to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)

断电 (w)

(duàndiàn) power cut; electric power failure

断头台 (w)

(duàntóutái) guillotine; scaffold

断食 (w)

(duànshí) to fast; hunger strike

断魂椒 (w)

(duànhúnjiāo) king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)