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pause

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

dun4 dùn

Meaning


Primary

pause

Alternatives

paused, pauses

Mnemonic


[du-] Dumbledore is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)n] infirmary where he is using magic and some water from the sink to turn a 頁 page into a magic 屯 earthworm to show off to a nurse. He is midway through, with half of the 頁 page turned into an 屯 earthworm, but 頓 pauses because he forgot how to finish the spell. The nurse thought he was a cool wizard, but his inability to finish the spell has given her 頓 pause as well. Dumbledore says that only truly impressive wizards such as himself can 頓 pause a spell halfway through.

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