当断不断

Traditional form:

當斷不斷

Pinyin (reading):

dāngduànbùduàn

Definitions:

• (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt