断

duàn · duan

Traditional 斷

Meaning

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  1. to break
  2. to snap
  3. to cut off
  4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. to judge
  6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. definitely
  8. decidedly

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)爬(pá)山(shān)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)绳(shéng)子(zi)断(duàn)了(le)。

The rope broke when we were climbing the mountain.

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02

他(tā)下(xià)定(dìng)决(jué)心(xīn)把(bǎ)烟(yān)断(duàn)了(le)。

He made up his mind to give up smoking.

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