chuān pòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to wear out (clothes) / to pierce (a membrane etc)
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Original source entry:

穿破 穿破 [chuan1 po4] /to wear out (clothes)/to pierce (a membrane etc)/

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  • 穿
    chuān

    to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to go through (e.g. a tunnel) / to cross (e.g. a street) / to thread / to string together / to wear / to put on (clothes, shoes etc.) / verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion

  • 破
    pò

    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

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