He was opposed to monopolies.
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断
Traditional: 斷
duàn
HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 4
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duàn · tyun5 (Jyutping)
- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I broke my arm.
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