to stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend

incessant; relentless

to stop halfway; to give up halfway; interruption; suspension

now working, now stopping

to give up work; to give up one's profession

to stop work

to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune

to stop; to leave off

to stop performing a play; to interrupt a stage run

to stop writing or painting; to leave off writing midway

to stop plowing; to give up a life in the fields

to write for a bit then give up; to write in fits and starts

to stop eating and spit out