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不断

bù duàn · bu duan

Traditional 不斷

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. unceasing
  2. uninterrupted
  3. continuous
  4. constant
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In a conversation

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The buzzing phone

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)怎么(zěnme)不断(bùduàn)地(de)响(xiǎng)？

    Why is your phone ringing nonstop?

  2. Dengdeng

    是(shì)工作(gōngzuò)群(qún)，消息(xiāoxi)不断(bùduàn)地(de)来(lái)。

    It is the work group. Messages keep coming nonstop.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不(bù)看(kàn)吗(ma)？

    Are you not reading them?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)，他们(tāmen)还(hái)在(zài)不断(bùduàn)地(de)发(fā)。

    I read them. They are still sending nonstop.

  5. Liangliang

    把(bǎ)声音(shēngyīn)关(guān)了(le)吧(ba)。

    Turn the sound off.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，关(guān)了(le)。咦(yí)，现在(xiànzài)是(shì)你(nǐ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)在(zài)不断(bùduàn)地(de)响(xiǎng)。

    OK, it is off. Hey, now it is your phone that keeps ringing.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

软(ruǎn)件(jiàn)正(zhèng)在(zài)不(bú)断(duàn)进(jìn)化(huà)。

Software is constantly evolving.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by Eccles17 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)不(bú)断(duàn)努(nǔ)力(lì)，终(zhōng)于(yú)实(shí)现(xiàn)了(le)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)目(mù)标(biāo)。

He kept working hard and finally achieved his goal.

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The characters

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不
bù

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

断
duàn

to break; to snap

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