chuò xué
to drop out of school
to leave off studying
to interrupt one's studies
chuò
to stop (before completion)
to cease
to suspend
chuò xué lǜ
drop-out rate (from schooling)
chuò gēng
to stop plowing
to give up a life in the fields
zhōng chuò
to stop halfway
to give up halfway
interruption
suspension
chuò bǐ
to stop writing or painting
to leave off writing midway
chuò cháo
to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune
zuò chuò
now working, now stopping
chuò yè
to give up work
to give up one's profession
chuò yǎn
to stop performing a play
to interrupt a stage run
chuò shí tǔ bǔ
to stop eating and spit out
xián sòng bù chuò
incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
shí xiě shí chuò
to write for a bit then give up
to write in fits and starts