果断 (果斷)
guǒ duàn
Pinyin
Definition
果断 (果斷)
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- firm
- decisive
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
互为因果
- 1 mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined
- 2 interdependent
前因后果
- 1 cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
果实累累
- 1 lit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom)
- 2 fruit hangs heavy on the bough
- 3 fig. countless accomplishments
- 4 one great result after another
硕果仅存
- 1 only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant
自食其果
- 1 to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action
- 2 to reap what one has sown
Sample Sentences
他果断地说:“那个助手就是凶手,而凶器已经彻底消失了!“
Li declared, "That assistant is the murderer - and the murder weapon has already disappeared!"
之后,果断按下了电话按键。
Resolutely, he pressed down the dial button.