đoạn tuyệt
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Definition
Verb: - To break off completely, to sever, to cut off: To decisively and permanently end a relationship, connection, or association. It implies a final and total separation, often from something negative or harmful. - To renounce, to forsake: To formally reject and abandon a belief, habit, or way of life.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy quyết định đoạn tuyệt với quá khứ đau buồn. (She decided to break off completely with her painful past.)
- Anh ấy đã đoạn tuyệt với nhóm bạn xấu. (He has severed ties with the bad group of friends.)
- Lời tuyên bố đó đồng nghĩa với việc đoạn tuyệt quan hệ ngoại giao. (That statement was tantamount to cutting off diplomatic relations.)
Advanced Usage
- "đoạn tuyệt với...": to break off with..., to sever ties with...
- Một quyết định đoạn tuyệt với lối sống cũ. (A decision to renounce the old way of life.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đoạn (verb/noun): To cut off; a segment, paragraph, or section. This is the root component meaning "to cut" or "segment."
- Tuyệt (verb/adjective): To sever, to cut off; absolute, excellent, or extinct. This component emphasizes completeness and finality.
- Cắt đứt (verb): To cut off, to sever. A more common and general synonym.
- Chấm dứt (verb): To end, to terminate. Focuses on bringing something to an end.
Synonyms
- Chấm dứt: to end, to terminate.
- Cắt đứt: to cut off, to sever.
- Từ bỏ: to abandon, to give up.
- Ly khai: to secede, to break away (often used for groups or territories).
Related Phrases / Idioms
- Đoạn tuyệt giao tình: To break off a romantic relationship or friendship.
- Sau cuộc cãi vã, họ đã đoạn tuyệt giao tình. (After the argument, they broke off their relationship.)
- The word itself often functions with an idiomatic force, conveying a stronger, more definitive, and sometimes more dramatic sense of separation than simple synonyms like "kết thúc" (to finish).