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画休止符

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Collocation

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不得不画休止符
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画休止符行吗
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怎能画休止符
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不可以画休止符
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画上了休止符
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为……画休止符

Definition

画休止符

Literally means:

draw mark of rest

Actually means:

terminate

休止符, a mark indicating the interval of silence in music, means terminating something. Usually used in written Chinese, jocular.

休止符,乐谱中表示乐音停顿时间长短的符号指结束某事。多用于书面语中。有诙谐的意思。

Example

Used as pre redicate and can have other words in between. (作谓语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
men
你们
xúnbǎo
寻宝
de
shìqing
事情
  
,
háo
毫无
jiēguǒ
结果
  
,
kàn
gāi
huà
shàng
xiūzhǐ
休止符
le
  
,
yào
不要
zài
zhēteng
折腾
xià
下去
le
  

Your treasure hunt, to no avail, I think it's time to draw a stop, don't toss it any more.

2
Shuí
dōu
zhīdào
知道
zhōngdōng
中东
de
zhànzhēng
战争
shénme
什么
shíhou
时候
cái
néng
zhēnzhèng
真正
huà
shàng
xiūzhǐ
休止符
  

No one knows when the war in the Middle East will really end.

3
Xiànzài
现在
cái
míngbaibái
明白白
  
,
zhèxiē
这些
xuézhě
学者
duì
zhīshi
知识
de
qiú
渴求
shì
无法
huà
xiūzhǐ
休止符
de
  
,
yīnwèi
因为
men
他们
shì
huódàolǎo
活到老
  
,
xuédàolǎo
学到老
de
diǎnfàn
典范
  

Now he understands that these scholars' thirst for knowledge cannot be drawn, for they are models of living to the old and learning to the old.