[jiàn duàn]
be disconnected; be interrupted; interval; leapfrogging; disjunction; break hiatus; hiatus; interruption; stop; pulsation; [地质] gap
Never for a moment has the fire of war ceased.
战火一刻也没有间断过。
She has kept up physical training for several years without interruption.
她坚持锻炼， 多年来从未间断。