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  *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
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
HSK 3
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software)
HSK 7-9
to be shattered / to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
HSK 7-9
to eliminate / to do away with / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
to smash to pieces / to shatter
HSK 7-9
to solve a criminal case
HSK 7-9
shabby
HSK 7-9
to burst; to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down
HSK 7-9
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
tetanus (lockjaw)
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
daybreak / dawn
to become damaged
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
destructive
to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged / (coll.) rubbish; junk
to break a record / record-breaking
unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
to break the rule / to make an exception
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
to spend (money or time)
to decipher; to decode
bankrupt / to suffer financial loss
split seam / (fig.) flaw / weak point
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
high-speed blender
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题
ice breaker
to be scared stiff
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
character with two or more readings / character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
to destroy one's family
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
to set sail / to brave the waves
to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open
to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce
to make an exception
(of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc / to disfigure / to make a fool of oneself
ground breaking ceremony
to spend money
pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
to lose one's virginity
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
dilapidated wall / to break through a wall / (fig.) to break through / (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls / cell disruption
to be scared out of one's wits
to break a promise
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
to eliminate superstition (idiom)
lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell
(linguistics) (old) plosive; stop
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling
nonstandard or corrupted form of a Chinese character
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
cracked version (of software)
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations
fragment / shard
to collapse (of plan, talks etc)
a hole
to break the hymen / to lose virginity
rag
lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period
(idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
trivial matter / trifle / annoying thing
crushed / utterly defeated
a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
to split / to cut open
sabotage; subversive activities
bankrupt person
breaking
to die out / conquered
icebreaker bow
ice breaker
damaged beyond repair
shabby / damaged
(Tw) to reveal a spoiler
(military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
armor piercing shell
(of a stock) to fall below the issue price / (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局)
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)


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