破[pò]

形

1. broken; damaged; torn; worn-out

♦ ~碗 a broken bowl

♦ ~衣服 worn-out (or ragged, tattered) clothes

♦ ~房子 a dilapidated ( or tumbledown) house

♦ 我的手~了。 I've cut my hand.

2. paltry; lousy

♦ 这支~笔真气人! This lousy pen really drives me mad!

♦ 这点~事两分钟就办完了。 To settle a simple matter like this won't take more than two minutes.

动

1. break; split; cleave; cut

♦ 一~两半 break ( or split) into two

♦ ~开西瓜 cut up the watermelon

♦ 把十元的票子~开 break a ten-yuan note

2. get rid of; destroy; break with

♦ 大~天命观 eradicate the concept of the mandate of heaven

♦ ~旧俗, 立新风 break with outmoded customs and establish new ones

♦ ~记录 break a record

3. defeat; capture ( a city, etc.)

♦ 大~敌军 inflict a crushing defeat on the enemy

♦ 城~之日 the day the city fell

4. expose the truth of; lay bare

♦ 看破