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顿挫
頓挫
dùncuò
1. a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
2. a cadence
3. punctuated by a transition
4. with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)

Character Breakdown

顿
dùn
to pause; to bow; to arrange
HSK 5 10 丶
挫
cuò
to check, to obstruct, to push down
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (2)

抑扬顿挫
yìyángdùncuò
see [[頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬<dùncuòyìyáng>]]
顿挫抑扬
dùncuòyìyáng
cadence

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