不断

búduàn

unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous

verbadverb HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 不斷

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  • 判断pànduànto judgeB4
  • 打断dǎduànto interruptB5
  • duànto breakB5
  • 诊断zhěnduànto diagnoseB5
  • 中断zhōngduànto cut shortB6
  • 当机立断dāngjī-lìduànto make prompt decisions (idiom)B7
  • 断定duàndìngto concludeB7

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他不断学习新东西。

He keeps learning new things.

他最近不断迟到。

He has been late again and again recently.