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18		ㄉㄨㄢˋ [duan4] . [Abbr. ]Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
V(1)  To cut or break off, snap: 斷手，指，臂 cut off hand, finger, arm;
斷髮紋身 (of barbarians) cut hair short and tattoo body;
斷頭 to behead;
斷了 be broken;
不斷（的） continuously;
斷碎 broken to pieces;
斷線風箏 kite with broken line--whereabouts unknown;
斷片 broken part;
斷殘編 incomplete parts of ancient scripts;
斷章取義 take out of context to make a deliberate misinterpretation out of context.
(2)  To discontinue: 斷後 have no progeny;
斷交 break off friendship;
斷氣，斷魂，斷炊 [duan4qi4], [duan4hun2], [duan4cui1]↓.
(3)  To stop, break off habits, practice: 斷煙，酒 stop smoking, drinking;
斷癮 stop opium-smoking;
斷屠，斷宰 ban butchery of pigs;
斷乳 be weaned.
(4)  To decide: 斷定，決斷，定斷 ditto;
當機立斷 decide on the spot;
很有決斷 have strong decision;
獨斷獨行 highhanded, arbitrary, imperious, overbearing, decide and act alone;
非常果斷 have determination of character;
decide at court and decree: 斷有罪，無罪 pronounce guilty, not guilty;
斷案 settle lawsuit;
斷押，償，罰 decree detention, compensation, fine;
斷吉凶 decide luck by divination.
VbIn half, apart, off: 切斷，割斷，截斷 cut off (retreat, line);
折斷 break, tear apart (rails, stick);
拉斷 pull and break (thread);
打斷 interrupt (speech, story);
間斷 ([jian4duan4]) interrupted, -tion.
AdvCertainly, absolutely: 斷然，斷斷 absolutely;
斷然不可 certainly will not be allowed;
斷無此理 certainly could not have happened, could not be;
斷不能 certainly cannot;
斷難相允 certainly will not consent.
Words1.斷腸 [duan4chang2], phr., “break intestines”(poet.) for extreme sadness, esp. longing for lovers. 
2.斷七 [duan4qi1], phr., (Budd.) mass on 49th day of death. 
3.斷氣 [duan4qi4], v.i., draw last breath. 
4.斷除 [duan4chu2], v.t., break off, remove (obstacles, bad habits or customs, etc.). 
5.斷定 [duan4ding4], v.i., decide (good, bad, to go, not to go). 
6.斷斷 [duan4duan4], adv., certainly, absolutely. 
7.斷根 [duan4gen1], v.i., make real cure of disease, opium-smoking, etc. 
8.斷魂 [duan4hun2], phr., (poet.) be forlorn, very sad, feel like a “lost soul.” 
9.斷機 [duan4ji1], n., allu., mother of Mencius cut cloth on loom when child did not study hard. 
10.斷絕 [duan4jUe2], v.t., cut off definitely: 斷絕後患 remove seeds of future trouble. 
11.斷片 [duan4pian4], n. & adj., piecemeal. 
12.斷然 [duan4ran2], adv., decisively. 
13.斷絃 [duan4xian2], phr., wife's death (like snapping of string on string instrument; phr., cf. 續絃 re-string, i.e., remarry). 
14.斷袖 [duan4xiu4], litr. phr., homosexuality. 
15.斷送 [duan4song4], v.t., forfeit: 斷送前程 forfeit career. 
16.斷頭臺 [duan4tou2tai2], n., guillotine; 斷頭將軍 allu. general who would rather die than surrender. 
17.斷層 [duan4ceng2], n., (geol.) a fault of vein. 
18.斷炊 [duan4cui1], phr., no hot meals (no more rice to cook at home). 
19.斷言 [duan4yan2], v.i. & t., assert, affirm, to make an allegation.