破罐破摔 pò guàn pò shuāi

give up and stop caring; let things get worse

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback

Characters

Character Meaning
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
罐 guàn HSK 6
can; jar; pot
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
摔 shuāi HSK 5
to fall; to drop and break; to throw down