戛然而止
jiárán-érzhǐ
to stop abruptly
Every meaning
jiárán-érzhǐ
- to stop abruptly
Its characters
- 戛jiáabruptly (as in 戛然)
- 然ránright; correct
- 而érand; and yet; but
- 止zhǐto stop; to halt (as in 停止)
Words with 然
Words with 而
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.