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

破約 pò yuē to break a promise
破綻 pò zhàn hole or tear in cloth; mistake or gap in a speech or theory
破绽百出 pò zhàn bǎi chū lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)
破綻百出 pò zhàn bǎi chū lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)
破茧成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié 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
破繭成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié 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
破缺 pò quē breaking
破罐破摔 pò guàn pò shuāi lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
破胆 pò dǎn to be scared stiff
破膽 pò dǎn to be scared stiff
破胆寒心 pò dǎn hán xīn to be scared out of one's wits
破膽寒心 pò dǎn hán xīn to be scared out of one's wits
破舊 pò jiù shabby
破旧立新 pò jiù lì xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
破舊立新 pò jiù lì xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
破處 pò chǔ to break the hymen; to lose virginity
破蛹 pò yǒng to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)
破解版 pò jiě bǎn cracked version (of software)
破譯 pò yì to break a code; to crack a riddle; to solve an enigma; a breakthrough
破读 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard; lit. broken reading
破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard; lit. broken reading
破財 pò cái bankrupt; to suffer financial loss
破财免灾 pò cái miǎn zāi a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
破財免災 pò cái miǎn zāi a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
破費 pò fèi to spend (money or time)
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