顿挫

頓挫
dùncuò
  1. a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
  2. a cadence
  3. punctuated by a transition
  4. with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 顿 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
2 挫 cuò
  1. obstructed
  2. to fail
  3. to oppress
  4. to repress
  5. to lower the tone
  6. to bend back
  7. to dampen