破 pò

break, ruin, destroy; rout

HSK 4 #604

DEFINITIONS

  • break, ruin, destroy
  • rout
  • 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

STROKES

WORDS

破坏性 pò huài xìng destructive
破费 pò fèi to spend (money or time)
破晓 pò xiǎo daybreak; dawn
破伤风 pò shāng fēng tetanus (lockjaw)
破镜重圆 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom); (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew; for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite
破获 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture
攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military)
破除 pò chú to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of
破处 pò chǔ to break the hymen; to lose virginity
残破 cán pò broken; dilapidated
头破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised
破鞋 pò xié broken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman; slut
破口大骂 pò kǒu dà mà to abuse roundly
突破点 tū pò diǎn point of penetration (military); breakthrough
点破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word; to point out bluntly
破败 pò bài to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever
破戒 pò jiè to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up
家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless
破相 pò xiàng (of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc; to disfigure; to make a fool of oneself
破格 pò gé to break the rule; to make an exception
乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
破折号 pò zhé hào dash; Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
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
不攻自破 bù gōng zì pò (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc); to be discredited
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