Duàn Qí ruì
Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
Duàn Yù cái
Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4 Zhu4]
Duàn Quán fǎ
Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer
duǎn
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
duàn
paragraph
section
segment
stage (of a process)
classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
duān
end
extremity
item
port
to hold sth level with both hands
to carry
regular
duàn
to break
to snap
to cut off
to give up or abstain from sth
to judge
(usu. used in the negative) absolutely
definitely
decidedly
duàn
to forge
to discipline
wrought
duàn
Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)
Shuō wén jiě zì zhù
Commentary on Shuowen (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁
duàn
coarse stone (used for whetstone)
Wǎn xì zhàn bài
Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support
duān
(used in female names) (old)
duān
old variant of 端[duan1]
start
origin
Shuō wén Jiě zì Zhù
Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[Duan4 Yu4 cai2]