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HSK
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
HSK 3
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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
to break; to smash
HSK 3
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
HSK 5
to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software)
HSK 7-9
to burst; to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down
HSK 7-9
to smash to pieces / to shatter
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 solve a criminal case
HSK 7-9
shabby
HSK 7-9
breach / gap / breakthrough point
HSK 7-9
cracked version (of software)
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
breakthrough / to overcome an obstacle quickly
the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
tetanus (lockjaw)
(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall
dynamiter
to become damaged
split seam / (fig.) flaw / weak point
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题
bankrupt / to suffer financial loss
to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast
dilapidated wall / to break through a wall / (fig.) to break through / (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls / cell disruption
(of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc / to disfigure / to make a fool of oneself
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
to set sail / to brave the waves
daybreak / dawn
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work
Napoleon (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
to decipher; to decode
to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project
to see through / disillusioned with / to reject (the world of mortals)
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
to break the rule / to make an exception
to puncture / to pierce / (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality)
lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly
broken / dilapidated
to penetrate / to see through
unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged / (coll.) rubbish; junk
to make a breakthrough / to break through / to breach (military)
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations
scattered and smashed (idiom)
to pierce; to poke through
to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
to break the hymen / to lose virginity
lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised
to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
to tear / to rip
to expose / to reveal
to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
to spend (money or time)
without destruction there can be no construction
(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 die out / conquered
to be scared out of one's wits / to scare stiff
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
(idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society
family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless
to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to break a promise
to eliminate superstition (idiom)
solid; unbreakable / (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
to fight tooth and nail to get sth
to read extensively and thoroughly / nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好 rather than the usual [hao3]
to spend money
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient
to uncover
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to burst
to collapse (of plan, talks etc)
tear apart
see 看破
(of sth sharp) to snag (one's stockings etc)
(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited
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
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
fragment / shard
to destroy one's family
to burst / to split
Diablo (video game series)
to fall and smash into pieces
to lose one's virginity

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