打断

dǎ duàn · da duan

Traditional 打斷

Meaning

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  1. to interrupt
  2. to break off
  3. to break (a bone)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)几(jī)乎(hū)没(méi)有(yǒu)说(shuō)完(wán)话(huà),就(jiù)被(bèi)他(tā)打(dǎ)断(duàn)了(le)。

She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

一(yí)位(wèi)老(lǎo)人(rén)打(dǎ)断(duàn)了(le)我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)谈(tán)话(huà)。

An old man broke into our conversation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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