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絕
简 绝 · 繁 絕Mandarin · pinyin jué
Meanings
- to cut short
- extinct
- to disappear
- to vanish
- absolutely
- by no means
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2 · jue2
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zyut2 · zyut3 · zyut6
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to break off; to cut off; to sever
- to terminate; to discontinue; to break off
- to exhaust; to use up
- superb; peerless; matchless
- desperate; dangerous without a way out
- extremely; most
- (used before a negative) absolutely; definitely; certainly
- to die
- (literary) to cross; to traverse; to pass
- (poetry) jueju; quatrain
- (literary) faraway; distant; remote
- (literary) to surpass; to outdo
- (Xiamen Hokkien) Used at the start of a sentence to express surprise, admiration, regret, or frustration
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