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断电 (duàn diàn) — to lose power, to have a power outage; to cut off the electricity

Definition

断电 (duàn diàn) is a separable verb meaning the electricity stops or is shut off — either an unplanned outage or an intentional cut. Split it as 断了电 / 断了一个小时的电 in past and持续 contexts.

verb
to lose powerto have a power outageto cut off the electricity

Examples

  • 断电。
    Zuó tiān xià wǔ wǒ men xiǎo qū tū rán duàn diàn le.
    Yesterday afternoon our neighborhood suddenly lost power.
  • ，？
    Yǐ jīng duàn le yí gè xiǎo shí de diàn le, shén me shí hou néng huī fù?
    The power has been out for an hour — when will it come back?
  • 断电。
    Wéi xiū diàn lù shí xū yào xiān duàn diàn.
    When repairing the circuit, you need to cut the power first.
Appears in
Energy & Power

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