斷

duàn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

Process verb

Definition

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

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Example

颱風太大，那棵樹被吹斷了。

The typhoon was so strong it snapped that tree.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).