Results for “破”

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

bankrupt person

armor piercing shell

(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[pò fā qiú jú])

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

to break a record / record-breaking

to break a promise

(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)

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

breaking

(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 be scared stiff

to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate

to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)

(linguistics) (old) plosive / stop

cracked version (of software)

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

bankrupt / to suffer financial loss

a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)

to lose one's virginity

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 spend money

broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce

to split / to cut open

to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)

(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (slang) to break through sb's emotional defenses / to get to sb emotionally

to eliminate superstition (idiom)

character with two or more readings / character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)

(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)

erhua form of 破題|破题[pò tí] (chiefly used in the colloquial "first-time-ever" sense)

(coll.) one's first time ever experiencing sth (esp. sth notable or unusual)

to break into a smile / (of flowers) to open

nonstandard or corrupted form of a Chinese character

see 一語中的|一语中的[yī yǔ zhòng dì]

one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct

(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited

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