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Character Decomposition
Etymology
Using an axe 斤 to harvest grain 米
Meanings
to break
to snap
to cut off
to give up or abstain from sth
to judge
(usu. used in the negative) absolutely
definitely
decidedly
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Words with 断 378 total
unceasing · uninterrupted · continuous · constant不断bù duànto consider and decide裁断cái duànpartition · to stand between · wall or fence serving as partition隔断gé duànto interrupt · to break off · to break (a bone)打断dǎ duàndisconnected · interrupted · suspended · a gap · a break间断jiàn duànto break or cut in two · to sever · to cut off · (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) · to interrupt · (math.) to truncate截断jié duànarbitration (law)公断gōng duànto cross (a road, an ocean etc) · to cut across横断héng duànto judge评断píng duànto cut · to snip剪断jiǎn duàn
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