垄断

Traditional form:

壟斷

Pinyin (reading):

lǒngduàn

Definitions:

• to monopolize

Characters:

• 垄 - grave, mound; furrow, ridge
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Traditional characters:

• 壟 - grave, mound; furrow, ridge
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt