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斷子絕孫
斷子絕孫
See also: 断子绝孙
Chinese
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absolutely; decidedly (in negative constructions); break; to judge
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child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
!grandson |- !trad. (斷子絕孫) | 斷 | 子 | 絕 | 孫 |- !simp. (断子绝孙) | 断 | 子 | 绝 | 孙 |}
Idiom
斷子絕孫
- to die without descendants, to die sonless
Phrase
斷子絕孫
- (curse) May you die without sons! May you be the last of your family line!