頓息

顿息
dùnxī
  1. (literary) to stop suddenly
  2. to stop suddenly

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 頓 dùn
  1. to stop
  2. to pause
  3. to arrange
  4. to lay out
  5. to kowtow
  6. to stamp (one's foot)
  7. at once
  8. classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
=1 頓 dú used in 冒頓／冒顿 (Mòdú)
2 息 xī
  1. breath
  2. news
  3. interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. to cease
  5. to stop
  6. to rest
  7. Taiwan pr. xí