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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
斷絕 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
斷絕 ＝ 斷 ＋ 絕
ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ · duànjué
verb — to sever, to break off, to cut off completely (ties, supplies, relations)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

斷to cut, break off (切斷)duàn
絕to cut a thread through (斷絕)jué糸 the silk radical — a thread severed
斷絕，斷掉的斷，絕望的絕。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一刀切下（斷），連最後一根絲（絕，糸）都剪光。
One stroke cuts (斷), and even the last silk thread (絕, 糸) is shorn through — nothing left to hold the two ends together.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
切斷qiēduànto cut through — the plainer physical cut絕交juéjiāoto break off a friendship — the same 絕, applied to ties