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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坏* | 坏* | *坏
bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost
HSK 1
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  *断* | 断* | *断
to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
HSK 3
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
HSK 3
to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt
HSK 5
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
HSK 3
to resolve / to decompose / to break down
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摔* | 摔* | *摔
to throw down / to fall / to drop and break
HSK 5
to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism
HSK 6
to break; to smash
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *破* | 破* | *破
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
HSK 3
to part company / to split up / to break up
HSK 4
to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out
HSK 6
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
HSK 7-9
to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself
HSK 4
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany)
HSK 5
to flare up; to break out
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碎* | 碎* | *碎
(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble / broken; fragmentary; scattered / garrulous
HSK 5
to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闯* | 闯* | *闯
to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歇* | 歇* | *歇
to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while
HSK 5
to halt / to break off / pause (in speech)
HSK 7-9
to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
spring break
break-even point
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *解* | 解* | *解
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection
HSK 6
to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)
HSK 7-9
to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裂* | 裂* | *裂
to split / to crack / to break open / to rend
HSK 6
growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
to break a promise
to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap
to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem)
to break off relations / to break with sb
continually / without a break / ceaselessly
(onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
to divide into rows / to identify subcategories / to break down into constituent parts / breakdown / disaggregation
to cut up / to break up
HSK 7-9
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back
fracture / rupture / to break apart
HSK 7-9
to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掰* | 掰* | *掰
to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
HSK 7-9
burglary / house-breaking
fast break / quick attack (ball sports)
to miss an appointment; to break an appointment
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to break into / to force one's way into / to barge into
a problem appears / to break down
HSK 7-9
disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break
HSK 7-9
to break the rules / to violate regulations
HSK 7-9
(sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play; to have a playoff
to help / to do a favor / (Shanghainese) Come on! / Give me a break!
to break out with acne
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
to break the law / to commit a crime
(slang) ball-breaking / pain in the ass
to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly; antitrust
to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate
(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations
to divide (into subgroups etc); to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc)
winner / lucky guy / person who always gets good breaks
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *击* | 击* | *击
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
to end abstinence / to resume (drinking) after a break / to break (a taboo)
to rest / to relax / to take a break
refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
to break into a run
to break up into parts
a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates
turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
to break a promise
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
to collapse / to be worn out / to break down
to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
to charge and break through enemy lines
(baseball) breaking ball / (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
(computing) to insert a page break / to paginate / pagination / memory paging / tab (GUI element)
to sever; to break off
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *突* | 突* | *突
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
(literary) to break off relations with a friend / to sever ties with sb
as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break / things change for the better

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