bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost

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

to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt

(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble / broken; fragmentary; scattered / garrulous

reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave

gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone)

broken / dilapidated

to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds

The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)

lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised

lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored

smashed up; broken into pieces; thoroughly mashed; pulpy

widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)

lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently

the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦, e.g. ☶

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)

to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together

broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg

broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce

broken-hearted

a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly

pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading

to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined

broken utensil

lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker

(idiom) everything broken and in disorder

lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat

fine powder / broken pieces

thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house / humble home

broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman

lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling

lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主｜乐昌公主 (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

to drop and smash / broken

broken leg

to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter

sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)

Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)

to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart

to grieve / broken-hearted

variant of 折線｜折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg

ruined / broken down / shabby

the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman

broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut