(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
bolt cutter
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
intermittent
severed limb
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
heartbroken / to break one's heart
broken leg
line break (computing)
to carry out resolutely
homosexual / see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[]
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.
fault zone (geology)
rupture strength / breaking strength
modulus rupture
conclusion / judgment / verdict
to run out of (stock)
circuit breaker
to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity)
dead-end road / (fig.) impasse
to fast / hunger strike
ghost pepper
(computing) breakpoint
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
arbitration (law)
predicate
to cut / to snip
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties
to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust
antitrust legislation
to get blackout drunk (slang)
(idiom) resourceful and decisive / resolute and sagacious
to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off
to jump to an unfounded conclusion
oligopoly
to examine
to act arbitrarily / to make decisions without consulting others
rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
to split up / to break all ties
to act on an opportunity (idiom) / to take prompt advantage of a situation
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27