duàn​tóu

to be beheaded

  • created sense approved 断头/斷頭 · duàn​tóu · to be beheaded — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断头 / 斷頭

    duàn​tóu

    to be beheaded

    To have one's head cut off; to be executed by decapitation.

    断, 头

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head

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  • created sense approved 断头/斷頭 · duàn​tóu · broken end — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断头 / 斷頭

    duàn​tóu

    broken end

    The place where a string, thread, or long object has been broken or snapped.

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top

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  • created sense approved 断头/斷頭 · duàn​tóu · to liquidate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断头 / 斷頭

    duàn​tóu

    to liquidate

    (finance) to close out a margin position when an investor fails to meet a margin call as stock prices fall; to be liquidated.

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to cut off 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top

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  • created sense approved 断头/斷頭 · duàn​tóu · beheaded stream — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断头 / 斷頭

    duàn​tóu

    beheaded stream

    (geology) a stream that has lost its upper part through piracy or tectonic activity

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to cut off 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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