Usage of the character 辍

to stop (before completion)
to cease
to suspend

chuòyè

辍业

[輟業]

to give up work
to give up one's profession

chuòcháo

辍朝

[輟朝]

to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune

bùchuò

不辍

[不輟]

incessant
relentless

chuòbǐ

辍笔

[輟筆]

to stop writing or painting
to leave off writing midway

zhōngchuò

中辍

[中輟]

to stop halfway
to give up halfway
interruption
suspension

chuòyǎn

辍演

[輟演]

to stop performing a play
to interrupt a stage run

chuòzhǐ

辍止

[輟止]

to stop
to leave off

zuòchuò

作辍

[作輟]

now working, now stopping

chuògōng

辍工

[輟工]

to stop work

chuòxué

辍学

[輟學]

to drop out of school
to leave off studying
to interrupt one's studies

chuògēng

辍耕

[輟耕]

to stop plowing
to give up a life in the fields

xiánsòngbùchuò

弦诵不辍

[弦誦不輟]

incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)

chuòshítǔbǔ

辍食吐哺

[輟食吐哺]

to stop eating and spit out

shíxiěshíchuò

时写时辍

[時寫時輟]

to write for a bit then give up
to write in fits and starts