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戛然而止

jiá rán ér zhǐ

4-character word

What 戛然而止 means

1. with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)

The characters in 戛然而止

• 戛gāused in 戛纳
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

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