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戛然 (gaat3 jin4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

戛然 (gaat3 jin4, jiá rán) — (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound); to be loud and clear

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 戛 (aat3) — lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp; custom
• 戛 (gaat3) — lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp; custom
• 戛 (git3) — lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp; custom
• 戛戛 (gaat3 gaat3) — difficult; challenging; original
• 戛戛獨造 (gaat3 gaat3 duk6 zou6) — creative; original
• 戛然而止 (gaat3 jin4 ji4 zi2) — with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. o…

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