a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punctuated by a transition; with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
trad. 頓挫
Also written 頓挫【dùn cuò】
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2顿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to stop, to pause, to arrange, to lay out, to kowtow, to stamp (one's foot), at once, classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- Pinyin
- dùn
- Traditional
- 頓
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 3290 of 2500
挫
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
obstructed, to fail, to oppress, to repress, to lower the tone, to bend back, to dampen
- Pinyin
- cuò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 43657 of 2500