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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 go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
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
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to become damaged
dilapidated wall / to break through a wall / (fig.) to break through / (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls / cell disruption
tetanus (lockjaw)
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
to set sail / to brave the waves
daybreak / dawn
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
bankrupt / to suffer financial loss
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
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
to break the rule / to make an exception
split seam / (fig.) flaw / weak point
unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged / (coll.) rubbish; junk
(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations
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
to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
to spend (money or time)
(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
(of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc / to disfigure / to make a fool of oneself
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)
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 get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to spend money
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling
to collapse (of plan, talks etc)
fragment / shard
to destroy one's family
to lose one's virginity
high-speed blender
ground breaking ceremony
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
a hole
broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce
to break a record / record-breaking
rag
crushed / utterly defeated
(of a stock) to fall below the issue price / (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局)
character with two or more readings / character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
sabotage; subversive activities
ice breaker
bankrupt person
to split / to cut open
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)
pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
trivial matter / trifle / annoying thing
to die out / conquered
to make an exception
icebreaker bow
ice breaker
(idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
destructive
damaged beyond repair
shabby / damaged
(Tw) to reveal a spoiler
(military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture
armor piercing shell
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
breaking
to be scared stiff
to be scared out of one's wits
(linguistics) (old) plosive; stop
cracked version (of software)
a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
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 burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open
nonstandard or corrupted form of a Chinese character


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