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HSK
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
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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
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
HSK 3
(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch / (slang) (fig.) to be born / to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
erhua form of 破題|破题 (chiefly used in the colloquial "first-time-ever" sense)
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)
(coll.) one's first time ever experiencing sth (esp. sth notable or unusual)
to eliminate / to do away with / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
destructive
to solve a criminal case
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
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
unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations
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
cracked version (of software)
to make an exception
to become damaged
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
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)
(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)
(literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset / (fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem / (coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)
tetanus (lockjaw)
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
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open
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
split seam / (fig.) flaw / weak point
worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged / (coll.) rubbish; junk
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
(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
sabotage; subversive activities
rag
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
bankrupt / to suffer financial loss
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
to spend money
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
high-speed blender
(idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
(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)
crushed / utterly defeated
fragment / shard
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling
armor piercing shell
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)
(linguistics) (old) plosive; stop
to collapse (of plan, talks etc)
pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
dilapidated wall / to break through a wall / (fig.) to break through / (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls / cell disruption
(slang) (fig.) birthday
shabby / damaged
ice breaker
tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to set sail / to brave the waves
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
breaking
to be scared stiff
to be scared out of one's wits
to lose one's virginity
(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
broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce
to split / to cut open
damaged beyond repair
daybreak / dawn
ground breaking ceremony
to destroy one's family
to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture
to break the hymen / to lose virginity
nonstandard or corrupted form of a Chinese character
to die out / conquered
icebreaker bow
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
bankrupt person
to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project
(military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
to break a promise
character with two or more readings / character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
ice breaker


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