duan
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- noun
- Jargon
- After years of training, he finally earned his black duan, marking his proficiency in martial arts.
Examples
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The competition required each participant to demonstrate their skills for their respective duan levels.
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In Chinese martial arts, achieving a higher duan signifies that a student has mastered advanced techniques.
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There is no duan for vengeance, did you know that?
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You heard half of what I said, you mixed your powders poorly, you mumbled your inyx, and you forgot half the words to a duan you had memorized a month ago.
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Across the firepit, Skeet blinked, nodded, and mumbled the melody of an old prayer duan.
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Their interlaced fingers became the focus of her Runeweave; she grappled and rewon her rhythm, replayed the duan: Breathe in peace; breathe out song.
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She murmured the healer's duan she had practiced so often and used with nothing more urgent than cuts, bruises, and headaches at risk.
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Again, she collected her own resources, then opened that mysterious door above, using the duan to call blue healing down out of another realm, another world—down through the crown of her head, down to her heart, out to her fingertips.
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Still, she was aware that they both needed strength, and so she murmured an Infusion duan beneath her breath, regulating her breathing and the rhythms of her body, content that by so doing, she was regulating Gwynet's as well.
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Synonyms
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A very skilled person in martial arts like karate or judo who wears a dark band at the waist
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word duan comes from the Chinese character 段, which means 'section' or 'stage'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of each duan as a step or 'grade' of skill, like a belt or rank in martial arts.