Results for “断”

to judge

to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion

to cut off / to chop sth in half

to assume / assumption

to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial

to make prompt decisions (idiom)

certainly

to wean / to be weaned / (TCM) to use medication to stop lactation

periodization (of history)

to default on a mortgage / to stop supplying sth

see 斷壁殘垣|断壁残垣[duàn bì cán yuán]

(lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom) / (fig.) scene of devastation / ruins

see 斷壁殘垣|断壁残垣[duàn bì cán yuán]

to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line

(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail / to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short / to dock the tail

computed tomography

CT scan (computed tomography scan)

computed tomography

geological fault line

steep cliff / crag / precipice

(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep / precipitous

widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qín sè] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

brief commentary

(neologism, attested by 2012) decluttering / minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")

to judge a case

sold out / to be out of stock

to run dry (of river)

to be unable to continue / to come to a dead end (idiom)

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing

(coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout / to be unable to recall what one did while drunk

to pass judgment on a legal case

(sports) to steal / to intercept the ball

the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

(of food) to be cooked just until no longer raw

to overcome an addiction

(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes

to run out of food

to cut off access to the Internet / to shut down the Internet