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打断

dǎ duàn · da duan

Traditional 打斷

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to interrupt
  2. to break off
  3. to break (a bone)
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In a conversation

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The story

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)给(gěi)你(nǐ)讲(jiǎng)个(gè)故事(gùshi)。从前(cóngqián)有(yǒu)一座(yīzuò)山(shān)。

    Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a mountain.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)知道(zhīdào)！山上(shānshàng)有(yǒu)一只(yīzhī)熊(xióng)！

    I know this one! There is a bear on the mountain!

  3. Dengdeng

    请(qǐng)别(bié)打断(dǎduàn)我(wǒ)。

    Please don't interrupt me.

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)好(hǎo)，你(nǐ)继续(jìxù)讲(jiǎng)吧(ba)。

    OK, OK. Go on.

  5. Dengdeng

    咦(yí)，我(wǒ)讲(jiǎng)到(dào)哪儿(nǎr)了(le)？都怪(dōuguài)你(nǐ)打断(dǎduàn)我(wǒ)！

    Huh, where was I? It is all your fault for interrupting me!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)几(jī)乎(hū)没(méi)有(yǒu)说(shuō)完(wán)话(huà)，就(jiù)被(bèi)他(tā)打(dǎ)断(duàn)了(le)。

She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

一(yí)位(wèi)老(lǎo)人(rén)打(dǎ)断(duàn)了(le)我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)谈(tán)话(huà)。

An old man broke into our conversation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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