冲断层
chōng duàn céng
Pinyin

Definition

冲断层
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chōng duàn céng
  1. thrust fault (geology)
  2. compression fault

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不断
bù duàn
  1. 1 unceasing
  2. 2 uninterrupted
  3. 3 continuous
  4. 4 constant
判断
pàn duàn
  1. 1 to judge
  2. 2 to determine
  3. 3 judgment
层
céng
  1. 1 layer
  2. 2 stratum
  3. 3 laminated
  4. 4 floor (of a building)
  5. 5 storey
  6. 6 classifier for layers
  7. 7 repeated
  8. 8 sheaf (math.)
断
duàn
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to snap
  3. 3 to cut off
  4. 4 to give up or abstain from sth
  5. 5 to judge
  6. 6 (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. 7 definitely
  8. 8 decidedly
果断
guǒ duàn
  1. 1 firm
  2. 2 decisive
冲
chōng
  1. 1 thoroughfare
  2. 2 to go straight ahead
  3. 3 to rush
  4. 4 to clash
冲动
chōng dòng
  1. 1 to have an urge
  2. 2 to be impetuous
  3. 3 impulse
  4. 4 urge
上层
shàng céng
  1. 1 upper layer
下层
xià céng
  1. 1 underlayer
  2. 2 lower class
  3. 3 lower strata
  4. 4 substrate
中层
zhōng céng
  1. 1 middle-ranking
中断
zhōng duàn
  1. 1 to cut short
  2. 2 to break off
  3. 3 to discontinue
  4. 4 to interrupt
分层
fēn céng
  1. 1 lamination
  2. 2 layering
  3. 3 stratification
  4. 4 delamination
切断
qiē duàn
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to sever
判断力
pàn duàn lì
  1. 1 ability to judge
  2. 2 judgment
剪断
jiǎn duàn
  1. 1 to cut
  2. 2 to snip
割断
gē duàn
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to sever
基层
jī céng
  1. 1 basic level
  2. 2 grassroots unit
  3. 3 basement layer
涂层
tú céng
  1. 1 protective layer
  2. 2 coating
垄断
lǒng duàn
  1. 1 to enjoy market dominance
  2. 2 to monopolize
外层
wài céng
  1. 1 outer layer
  2. 2 outer shell

Idioms (20)

一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì
  1. 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
  2. 2 to break all friendly ties
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
层峦叠嶂
céng luán dié zhàng
  1. 1 range upon range of mountains (idiom)
快刀断乱麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
  1. 1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2 cutting the Gordian knot
怒发冲冠
nù fà chōng guān
  1. 1 lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. seething in anger
  3. 3 raise one's hackles
应机立断
yìng jī lì duàn
  1. 1 to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
接连不断
jiē lián bù duàn
  1. 1 in unbroken succession (idiom)
断港绝潢
duàn gǎng jué huáng
  1. 1 to be unable to continue
  2. 2 to come to a dead end (idiom)
断章取义
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
  1. 1 to quote out of context (idiom)
断线风筝
duàn xiàn fēng zhēng
  1. 1 a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
断袖之癖
duàn xiù zhī pǐ
  1. 1 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.
柔肠寸断
róu cháng cùn duàn
  1. 1 lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
  2. 2 broken-hearted (idiom)
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
  2. 2 to barge
  3. 3 to charge around violently
残垣断壁
cán yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
源源不断
yuán yuán bù duàn
  1. 1 a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
独断专行
dú duàn zhuān xíng
  1. 1 to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
  2. 2 a law unto oneself
独断独行
dú duàn dú xíng
  1. 1 to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
  2. 2 a law unto oneself

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