熔断

Traditional form:

熔斷

Pinyin (reading):

róngduàn

Definitions:

• (of fuse wire) to melt; to blow
• (fig.) to halt stock trading
• (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)

Characters:

• 熔 - mold; to fuse, to melt, to smelt
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Traditional characters:

• 熔 - mold; to fuse, to melt, to smelt
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt