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折断

zhé duàn

2-character word Traditional 折斷

What 折断 means

1. to snap sth off
2. to break

The characters in 折断

• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off

Example sentences

• 我在一场交通意外中折断了腿。
  Wǒ zài yī chǎng jiāotōngyìwài zhōng zhéduàn le tuǐ.
  My leg was broken in a traffic accident.
• 「你知道你刚才折断的是什么树吗？」我回答侦探：「不知道。」侦探透过敞开的门往里面看，喊道：「喂，你知道他刚才折断的是什么树吗？」一个年轻女子的声音说：「嗯，看起来像是紫杉。」侦探坐直身子后，又问了我一遍：「你知道你刚才折断的是什么树吗？」
  "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"