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Meaning of 破

Pinyin pò

Radical

石

Strokes

Definition

to break / to split / broken / damaged / worn out

Usage

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破 [pò] 动词 1. 碎，不完整: to break; to crack; to shatter. Example: 碗打破 (bowl is broken); 破灭 (to be shattered); 破旧 (worn out); 破败 (to be damaged); 破落 (to fall apart); 破颜 (to break into a smile); 破绽 (to have flaws or contradictions in a statement). 2. 分裂: to split; to fracture. Example: 破裂 (to crack); 破读 (to have multiple pronunciations of the same character due to different meanings); 破土 (to break ground). 3. 使损坏: to damage; to destroy. Example: 破坏 (to destroy); 破损 (to be damaged). 4. 超出: to exceed; to go beyond. Example: 破例 (to break a rule); 破格 (to exceed standards). 5. 花费，耗费: to spend; to exhaust. Example: 破费 (to spend money); 破财 (to lose money); 破产 (to go bankrupt). 6. 打败，打垮: to defeat; to collapse. Example: 破阵 (to breach the enemy lines); 破门 (to break down a door); 攻破 (to conquer). 7. 揭穿: to expose; to reveal. Example: 破案 (to solve a case); 破译 (to decipher); 破获 (to crack down on a crime). 形容词 1. 尽;遍: all; entire. Example: 读书破万卷 (one must read extensively). 2. 碎裂;不完整: broken; worn-out; damaged. Example: 破不剌 (tattered and worn); 破丢不答 (in a shabby condition); 破烂流丢 (to look dilapidated). 3. 散乱;分散: in disorder; scattered. Example: 破零三乱 (in a scattered state). 4. 糟;劣: of low quality; inferior. Example: 破玩意儿 (a low-quality item). 5. 不吉利: unlucky. Example: 破日 (an unlucky day).

破坏 pò huài

destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy

破坏性 pò huài xìng

destructive

破坏力 pò huài lì

collapsing force / destructive power

破烂不堪 pò làn bù kān

in shreds and patches / torn and tattered / worn to the thread(s)

戳破 chuō pò

puncture / to expose

打破 dǎ pò

to break / to smash

破损 pò sǔn

to become damaged

捡破烂 jiǎn pò làn

scavenge / collect garbage / pick odds and ends from refuse heaps

揭破 jiē pò

to uncover

冲破 chōng pò

breakthrough / to overcome an obstacle quickly

破罐子破摔 pò guàn zi pò shuāi

Broken jar

撕破 sī pò

to tear / to rip

撕破脸 sī pò liǎn

to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other

攻破 gōng pò

to make a breakthrough / to break through / to breach (military)

破旧 pò jiù

shabby

破晓 pò xiǎo

daybreak / dawn

侦破 zhēn pò

to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout

残破 cán pò

broken / dilapidated

破涕为笑 pò tì wéi xiào

to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness

破灭 pò miè

to be shattered / to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)

破烂 pò làn

worn-out / rotten / dilapidated / tattered / ragged / rubbish / junk

破破烂烂 pò pò làn làn

Tattered

破例 pò lì

to make an exception

爆破 bào pò

to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast

牢不可破 láo bù kě pò

unbreakable / indestructible

破产 pò chǎn

to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy

突破 tū pò

to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount or break the back of (a task etc) / (of ball sports) to break through a defense

破译 pò yì

to break a code / to crack a riddle / to solve an enigma / a breakthrough

破裂 pò liè

to rupture / to fracture / to break down / (linguistics) plosion

破碎 pò suì

to smash to pieces / to shatter

破解 pò jiě

to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode

破败 pò bài

to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline

破土动工 pò tǔ dòng gōng

break ground / begin a construction project by digging for the foundation / turn the formal first spadeful of dirt

突破口 tū pò kǒu

sally port

破绽 pò zhàn

hole or tear in cloth / mistake or gap in a speech or theory

支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì

scattered and smashed (idiom)

破碗 pò wǎn

Broken bowl

拿破仑 Ná pò lún

variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑[Na2 po4 lun2]

突破性 tū pò xìng

breakthrough

破窑 pò yáo

Broken kiln

窥破 kuī pò

Peek through

势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú

like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force

破绽百出 pò zhàn bǎi chū

lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)

破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu

lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats

破袭 pò xí

Break

破袭战 pò xí zhàn

sabotage operations

跌破 diē pò

(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall

踏破铁鞋 tà pò tiě xié

lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low

破鞋 pò xié

broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut

颠扑不破 diān pū bù pò

solid / irrefutable / incontrovertible / indisputable / unbreakable

破口大骂 pò kǒu dà mà

to abuse roundly