Chinese–EnglishWith examples
顿
dùn · dun
Traditional 頓
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to stop
- to pause
- to arrange
- to lay out
- to kowtow
- to stamp (one's foot)
- at once
- classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
In a sentence
2 examples01
他请我吃了顿美味的晚饭。
He treated me to a delicious dinner.
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02
他气得把杯子往桌上一顿就走了。
He was so angry that he banged the cup on the table and left.
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