terrarium
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to break
Composition
Components
Sounds
Dumbledore
pawn shop
bathroom
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 destroying his 
terrarium next to the sink due to customer complaint. He gets the stick end of a 斤 hoe and 斷 breaks the
terrarium in half. Out flies a bunch of magical flies and bugs, and Dumbledore hits them with his wand as they fly into his beard.
terrarium next to the sink due to customer complaint. He gets the stick end of a 斤 hoe and 斷 breaks the
terrarium in half. Out flies a bunch of magical flies and bugs, and Dumbledore hits them with his wand as they fly into his beard.