杜 (dù) — (surname) Du; (bound form, literary) to stop, to block, to prevent
Definition
杜 (dù) is mainly a surname, and as a bound form it appears in literary set phrases like 杜绝 ('put a stop to') and 防微杜渐 ('nip in the bud') — rarely used on its own.
bound form
(surname) Du(bound form, literary) to stopto blockto prevent
Examples
- 杜。dù Xiān sheng shì wǒ men gōng sī de fǎ lǜ gù wèn.Mr. Du is our company's legal counsel.
- 。Wǒ men bì xū dù jué zhè zhǒng làng fèi xíng wéi.We must put a stop to this kind of wasteful behavior.
- 杜，。Wǒ men yào fáng wēi dù jiàn, jí shí chǔ lǐ wèn tí.We should nip problems in the bud and deal with them promptly.
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