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斷線

简断线 · 繁斷線

Mandarin · pinyin duàn xiàn

(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break
(of a tradition etc) to be discontinued
(telephone or Internet connection) disconnected
cut off

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断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt
线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue

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4–4 · duan4 xian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tyun5 sin3

Cantonese word readings for 斷線. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(literal, of a string, thread, line, etc.) to break
(literal, telephony, of a line) to break up; to cut off; to be dead
(figurative, of a relationship) to break off

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