武断

武斷

wǔduàn

adjective #19,241

Meanings

1 arbitrary
2 dogmatic
3 subjective

Characters

military; force

to decide; to judge

Examples

你不能这么武断地下结论。

Nǐ bù néng zhème wǔduàn de xià jiélùn.

You can't draw conclusions so arbitrarily.

他说话太武断了。

Tā shuōhuà tài wǔduàn le.

He speaks too dogmatically.

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history

Originally 武断 meant 'to decide by force' (武 = military/force + 断 = to decide). Over time it shifted to mean making decisions without evidence or reasoning — being dogmatic.

Stroke Order

武 wǔ

断 duàn