Results for “断”

to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc) / withdrawal

arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army

to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect

to hang up (a phone)

(idiom) in unbroken succession / continuous

to break (e.g. bones) in a fall

arbitrary

stopping and starting / intermittent / sporadic / on and off

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)

to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across

pedestrian crossing

transverse object

horizontal section

normal fault (geology)

positrion emission tomography (PET)

positron emission tomography (PET)

see 斷壁殘垣|断壁残垣[duàn bì cán yuán]

even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)

(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)

(finance) trading curb / circuit breaker

fuse wire

to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself

to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself

(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed

to make a decision when it's time to decide

not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed

waiting anxiously (idiom)

to chop off

vertical section / longitudinal section

to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide

lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken

to take one's life

wise and resolute

lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another

thrust fault (geology) / compression fault

to consider and decide

(idiom) able to read / literate

to buy out / buyout / severance

strike fault (geology)

strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another