折断
zhé duàn
Pinyin

Definition

折断
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zhé duàn
  1. to snap sth off
  2. to break

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

折
shé
  1. 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  2. 2 a loss
折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
折腾
zhē teng
  1. 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
  2. 2 to repeat sth over and over again
  3. 3 to torment sb
  4. 4 to play crazy
  5. 5 to squander (time, money)
挫折
cuò zhé
  1. 1 setback
  2. 2 reverse
  3. 3 check
  4. 4 defeat
  5. 5 frustration
  6. 6 disappointment
  7. 7 to frustrate
  8. 8 to discourage
  9. 9 to set sb back
  10. 10 to blunt
  11. 11 to subdue
夭折
yāo zhé
  1. 1 to die young or prematurely
  2. 2 to come to a premature end
  3. 3 to be aborted prematurely
存折
cún zhé
  1. 1 passbook
  2. 2 bankbook
打折
dǎ zhé
  1. 1 to give a discount
折寿
zhé shòu
  1. 1 to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
折射
zhé shè
  1. 1 to refract
  2. 2 refraction
  3. 3 to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
折扣
zhé kòu
  1. 1 discount
折断
zhé duàn
  1. 1 to snap sth off
  2. 2 to break
折服
zhé fú
  1. 1 to convince
  2. 2 to subdue
  3. 3 to be convinced
  4. 4 to be bowled over
折叠
zhé dié
  1. 1 to fold
  2. 2 collapsible
  3. 3 folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
折纸
zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 paper folding
  2. 2 origami
曲折
qū zhé
  1. 1 winding
  2. 2 (fig.) complicated
波折
bō zhé
  1. 1 twists and turns
转折
zhuǎn zhé
  1. 1 shift in the trend of events
  2. 2 turnaround
  3. 3 plot shift in a book
  4. 4 turn in the conversation
转折点
zhuǎn zhé diǎn
  1. 1 turning point
  2. 2 breaking point
骨折
gǔ zhé
  1. 1 to suffer a fracture
  2. 2 (of a bone) to break
  3. 3 fracture
一波三折
yī bō sān zhé
  1. 1 calligraphic flourish with many twists
  2. 2 fig. many twists and turns

Idioms (8)

一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
  1. 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
百折不挠
bǎi zhé bù náo
  1. 1 to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
  2. 2 to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
  3. 3 to be indomitable
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
  1. 1 Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
赔了夫人又折兵
péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng
  1. 1 having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles

Sample Sentences

你看，到了我这把年纪，牙齿都掉光了，而舌头还是完好的。强的容易折断，而软的却能够保存下来。你明白了吗？
nǐkàn ，dào le wǒ zhè bǎ niánjì ，yáchǐ dōu diào guāng le ，ér shétóu háishì wánhǎo de 。qiáng de róngyì zhéduàn ，ér ruǎn de què nénggòu bǎocún xiàlai 。nǐ míngbai le ma ？
Observe. At my age, my teeth have all fallen out, yet my tongue is completely intact. The strong are easily snapped and broken, but the soft can be preserved. Do you understand?
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