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HSK
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
to break; to smash
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
HSK 3
to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
HSK 5
(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch / (slang) (fig.) to be born / to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
a hole
to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
to eliminate / to do away with / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
destructive
to tear / to rip
to solve a criminal case
HSK 7-9
breach / gap / breakthrough point
HSK 7-9
to break a record / record-breaking
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
trivial matter / trifle / annoying thing
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to be shattered / to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
HSK 7-9
without destruction there can be no construction
to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast
unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
(Internet slang) to have a simplistic view of sth (transcription of "too young, too simple" – English words spoken by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in chastizing Hong Kong reporters in 2000)
(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations
to see through a trick
to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
to decipher; to decode
to smash to pieces / to shatter
HSK 7-9
egg tooth
(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall
to see through / disillusioned with / to reject (the world of mortals)
(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
to split one's sides laughing
breakthrough / to overcome an obstacle quickly
to puncture / to pierce
cracked version (of software)
to puncture / to pierce / (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality)
Napoleon (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
to make an exception
to become damaged
to fight tooth and nail to get sth
to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software)
HSK 7-9
to break the rule / to make an exception
see 看破
to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom) / radical transformation
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
(Tw) to reveal a spoiler
shabby
HSK 7-9
to spend (money or time)
to declare bankruptcy
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
to eliminate superstition (idiom)
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题
to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
scattered and smashed (idiom)
tetanus (lockjaw)
the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
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
to expose / to reveal
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open
to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal
tear apart
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
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
split seam / (fig.) flaw / weak point
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged / (coll.) rubbish; junk
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
(of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc / to disfigure / to make a fool of oneself
to burst; to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down
HSK 7-9
lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised
sabotage; subversive activities
rag
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
to penetrate / to see through
broken / dilapidated
bankrupt / to suffer financial loss
to uncover
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
to spend money
to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
groundbreaking
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient
Diablo (video game series)
high-speed blender

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