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HSK
3

to break

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

duan4 duàn

Meaning


Primary

to break

Alternatives

break, breaking, broke, breaks, to snap, snap

Mnemonic


[du-] Dumbledore is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop moving a 匚 box of expired Wizard 米 Rice to behind the toilet. Unfortunately, it suddenly 断 breaks open causing the 米 rice to cover the dirty pawn shop floor. Dumbledore is about 断 to break stuff because he is so angry at this, but he uses his magic wand to summon a bunch of magic 斤 hoes to clean up all of the 米 rice. Dumbledore wants the bathroom cleaned fast, and any 斤 hoe that cleans too slow he 断 breaks in half. Calm down Dumbledore!

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