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絕世
Mandarin: jue2 shi4
[adj] peerlessness, incomparable; unique; exceptional
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絕世好橋
Mandarin: jue2 shi4 hao3 qiao2
Cantonese
a great idea; a superb plan
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絕交
Mandarin: jue2 jiao1
break off relations; sever ties; renounce friendship; part company; break with; split chums
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絕代
Mandarin: jue2 dai4
unique among one's contemporaries; peerless
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絕代才華
Mandarin: jue2 dai4 cai2 hua2
an unrivaled talent
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絕佳
Mandarin: jue2 jia1
beyond compare; the best
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絕口
Mandarin: jue2 kou3
Simplified: 绝口
(verb) to keep lauding for something; to speak something endlessly
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絕句
Mandarin: jue2 ju4
jueju, a poem of four lines, each contains five or seven characters, with a strict tonal pattern and rhyme scheme. This quatrain follows the tonal pattern of the first four lines of the lüshi (律詩). This form does not require parallelism.
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絕命書
Mandarin: jue2 ming4 shu1
a suicide note; a note written on the eve of one's execution
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絕唱
Mandarin: jue2 chang4
most perfect song
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絕境
Mandarin: jue2 jing4
hopeless situation; in passe; blind alley; cul-de-sac
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絕妙
Mandarin: jue2 miao4
extremely clever; ingenious; excellent; perfect
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絕學
Mandarin: jue2 xue2
Simplified: 绝学
(adjective) profound knowledge; or (verb) drop out from a school
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絕對
Mandarin: jue2 dui4
absolutely; absolute
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絕對數字
Mandarin: jue2 dui4 shu4 zi4
absolute (as opposed to relative) number
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絕對溫標
Mandarin: jue2 dui4 wen1 biao1
Simplified: 绝对温标
Absolute temperature; Kelvin
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絕對誤差
Mandarin: jue2 dui4 wu4 cha1
Simplified: 绝对误差
Absolute error
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絕對音感
Mandarin: jue2 dui4 yin1 gan3
[Music] perfect pitch [Syn.] 完全音感
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絕後
Mandarin: jue2 hou4
Simplified: 绝后
(Pro + noun) without offspring; without posterity; (very) never to be seen again
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絕情
Mandarin: jue2 qing2
Simplified: 绝情
(adjective) Cold and unfeeling
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絕技
Mandarin: jue2 ji4
[1] a unique skill; a consummate skill [2] a matchless or superb feat
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絕招
Mandarin: jue2 zhao1
ultimate attack; finishing move; unique skill; best plan of attack
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絕望
Mandarin: jue2 wang4
desperate; forlorn; hopeless; desperation; hopelessness
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絕橋
Mandarin: jue2 qiao2
Simplified: 绝桥
unchallengable idea (spoken)
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絕滅
Mandarin: jue2 mie4
[1] vanish, to become extinct [2] to exterminate
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絕無僅有
Mandarin: jue2 wu2 jin3*2 you3
similar to 獨一無二；天下無雙 opposite to 無獨有偶
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絕版
Mandarin: jue2 ban3
out of print
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絕症
Mandarin: jue2 zheng4
[n] incurable disease
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絕種
Mandarin: jue2 zhong3
extinct
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絕緣
Mandarin: jue2 yuan2
to insulate; to isolate; to cut off; to protect against
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