断 duàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 斤 — axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
断然
duànrán
firm; resolute; absolutely
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对董事会的压力，他断然拒绝修改审计结论。 Miànduì dǒngshìhuì de yālì, tā duànrán jùjué xiūgǎi shěnjì jiélùn. Facing pressure from the board of directors, he firmly refused to amend the audit conclusion.
- 听到这个坏消息，经理断然决定停止合作。 Tīngdào zhège huài xiāoxi, jīnglǐ duànrán juédìng tíngzhǐ hézuò. Hearing this bad news, the manager resolutely decided to stop the cooperation.
- 这种做法我断然不会同意。 Zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ wǒ duànrán bú huì tóngyì. I will absolutely not agree to this way of doing things.
Related words
- 不断 búduàn continuously; nonstop
- 断 duàn to break; to cut off
- 判断 pànduàn to judge
- 诊断 zhěnduàn to diagnose; diagnosis
- 中断 zhōngduàn to interrupt; to break off
- 当机立断 dāngjīlìduàn to make a prompt decision; to act decisively
- 断定 duàndìng to conclude; to assert
- 断断续续 duànduànxùxù intermittent; off and on
- 断绝 duànjué to cut off; to sever
- 断裂 duànliè to fracture; to break
- 断章取义 duànzhāngqǔyì to quote out of context; to distort by taking out of context
- 果断 guǒduàn decisive; resolute