to end a relationship; to break off diplomatic ties
periodization (of history)
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
fault (geology); (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill); (tomography) cross-sectional
steep cliff; crag; precipice
to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)
widowed;
(lit.) broken string, cf
琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
sold out; to be out of stock
to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely
fragment; piece; (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing
to pass judgement on a legal case
power failure (electric); power outage; to lose power; out of electricity; power cut; power shortage
(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected; cut off
heartbroken; to break one's heart
homosexual, cf Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain
homosexual; gay; broken sleeve; cutsleeve; see
斷袖之癖
fracture; rupture; to break apart
conclusion; judgement; verdict
to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate
the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
rupture strength; breaking strength
non-stop; unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
to act arbitrarily; to make decisions without consulting others
to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
to buy out; buyout; severance
to settle (a dispute etc); to break off (a relationship etc); resolution (of a problem)
to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute
to decide; to determine; to judge; judgement; verdict
to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide
to enjoy market dominance; to monopolize
to nip (i.e. cut short); to pinch off
to jump to an unfounded conclusion
to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
to snap sth off; to break
to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
to fall and break; to break (bones) by falling
to cut off; to chop sth in half
to cross (a road, an ocean etc); to cut across
arbitrary; subjective; dogmatic
section; fragment; segment
to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
to infer; to judge; inference; judgement; conclusion
to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)
to cut off; to interrupt; to prevent access
disconnected; interrupted; suspended
to block; to obstruct; to intercept; to interdict
partition; to stand between; wall or fence serving as partition
thrust fault (geology); compression fault
ability to judge; judgment
anti-trust legislation; anti-monopoly
to get blackout drunk (slang)
vertical section; longitudinal section
reverse fault (geology); compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
lost signal; to be cut off; signal interruption; interrupted (phone's signal); break off (phone call); outage
anti-trust law; legislation again monopolies
resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
to make a decision when it's time to decide
not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
to split up; to break all ties
stopping and starting; intermittent; sporadic; on and off
literate; a cultured person
transform fault (geology)
constantly in turmoil; crisis after crisis
strike-slip fault (geology); fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
positrion emission tomography (PET)
positron emission tomography (PET)