頓挫

Chinese

 
a time; jerk; stop
a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
 
be obstructed; fail; oppress
be obstructed; fail; oppress; repress; lower the tone; bend back; dampen
trad. (頓挫)
simp. (顿挫)

Pronunciation


Verb

頓挫

  1. (of intonation, rhythm, musical notes, brush stroke in painting, etc.) to pause and turn
  2. (chess) zwischenzug

Derived terms

  • 抑揚頓挫抑扬顿挫 (yìyángdùncuò)
  • 沉鬱頓挫沉郁顿挫
  • 鏗鏘頓挫铿锵顿挫
  • 頓挫抑揚顿挫抑扬
  • 頓挫療法顿挫疗法

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とん
Grade: S

Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(とん)() • (tonza) とんざ (tonza)?

  1. sudden reduction in vigor
  2. sudden plan failure

Verb

(とん)()する • (tonza suru) とんざ (tonza)?suru (stem (とん)() (tonza shi), past (とん)()した (tonza shita))

  1. to suddenly reduce in vigor
  2. (of a plan) to suddenly fail
    計画(けいかく)頓挫(とんざ)する
    keikaku ga tonza suru
    the plan falls through

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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