Definitions

1. 1. with a grunting sound it stops (idiom)
2. 2. to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
3. 3. come to an abrupt end

Components

• 戛然 jiá rán – (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound)
• 而 ér – and
• 止 zhǐ – to stop