突兀
ㄊㄨˊ ㄨˋ
“towering; lofty; rising high and steep; sudden; abrupt; unexpected; startling.”
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- 突然ㄊㄨˊ ㄖㄢˊsudden; abrupt; unexpected; happening quickly and without warning
- 衝突ㄔㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˊclash of opposing forces; conflict; collision of interests; contention; a physical or verbal confrontation
- 突破ㄊㄨˊ ㄆㄛˋto break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount an obstacle; to surpass; to exceed a limit
- 突出ㄊㄨˊ ㄔㄨto protrude; to stand out; to give prominence to; to break through; to emerge suddenly
- 突發ㄊㄨˊ ㄈㄚto occur suddenly; to happen without warning; to break out abruptly.
- 突然間ㄊㄨˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢsuddenly; all at once; without warning
- 突變ㄊㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋsudden change; mutation; in biology, a sudden change in the quantity, quality, or arrangement of genetic material causing a gene mutation
- 突如其來ㄊㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊsudden and unexpected; to happen without warning; to arrive or occur abruptly and unforeseen
- 突顯ㄊㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇto highlight; to make something stand out; to bring into sharp focus.
- 突襲ㄊㄨˊ ㄒㄧˊto surprise attack; to launch a sudden, unexpected assault
- 突擊ㄊㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊsudden violent attack; assault; a rushed, concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
- 突圍ㄊㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊto break out of an encirclement; to force a way through a siege; to escape from being surrounded