绝

to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

variant of 絕|绝[jue2]

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex

(coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3 zi5]

to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)

to rebuff / to refuse / to turn down

unsurpassed / extreme / extraordinary

(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on

strange / rare / bizarre

to go to extremes / to leave no room for maneuver

distributed denial of service (DDOS) form of Internet attack

persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination

mass extinction

mass extinction

Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.

isolated / solitary

to sever all relations with sb / determined / decisive

lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom) / fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten

isolated; solitary

(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust

unending / uninterrupted

hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly

to come and go in an incessant stream

poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line