to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

= + + : Doggy Dog is working out in the anthill's bathroom. He uses two big barbells, but they are not enough: He attached shovels to the barbells and sacks of rice on them. The load is too much though: Just as he is pushing the barbells up the shafts of the shovels snap.

斷 character breakdown

The character 斷 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 斷 as component

bamboo fish trap

Words with 斷

fracture / rupture / to break apart
power cut / electric power failure
to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined
to assert / assertion
conclusion / judgment / verdict
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
rupture strength / breaking strength
to run out of (stock)
Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
heartbroken / to break one's heart
line break (computing)
to carry out resolutely
homosexual / see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3]
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.

Sentences with 斷

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