斩断 (斬斷)
zhǎn duàn
Pinyin
Definition
斩断 (斬斷)
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- to cut off
- to chop sth in half
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 unceasing
- 2 uninterrupted
- 3 continuous
- 4 constant
- 1 to break
- 2 to snap
- 3 to cut off
- 4 to give up or abstain from sth
- 5 to judge
- 6 (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- 7 definitely
- 8 decidedly
- 1 firm
- 2 decisive
- 1 to cut short
- 2 to break off
- 3 to discontinue
- 4 to interrupt
- 1 to cut off
- 2 to sever
Idioms (20)
一刀两断
- 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
伤筋断骨
- 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
先斩后奏
- 1 first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
两国相争,不斩来使
- 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
割袍断义
- 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
- 2 to break all friendly ties