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一刀兩斷
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to sever (relations) at a stroke Level: 3 Google Frequency: 220,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2392 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little刀 dou1 - knife; sword 兩 loeng5 loeng2 - two; pair 斷 tyun5 dyun6 dyun3 - break; cut off; judge; absolutely |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).