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不断

bù duàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 不斷

不断 (bù duàn) means "continuously". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 不断 means

1. unceasing
2. uninterrupted
3. continuous
4. constant

The characters in 不断

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off

Example sentences

• 他们不断地摸索。
  Tāmen bù duàn de mōsuo.
  They kept on feeling their way.
• 请不断给我更新。
  Keep me updated.
• 软件正在不断进化。
  Ruǎnjiàn zhèngzài bùduàn jìnhuà.
  Software is constantly evolving.
• 请不断给我们更新。
  Keep us updated.
• 约翰不断收集情报。
  John kept gathering info.
• 不断前进，不断向上。
  Onwards and upwards.

Words containing 不断

• 源源不断yuán yuán bù duàn(idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
• 连续不断lián xù bù duàncontinuous; unceasing
• 接连不断jiē lián bù duàn(idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous
• 当断不断dāng duàn bù duàn(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
• 风波不断fēng bō bù duànconstantly in turmoil; crisis after crisis

Where 不断 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Discourse Particles & Adverbs (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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