突破
tū​pò HSK5

breakthrough

突破 tū​pò
breakthrough noun
a significant development or achievement, especially in research or negotiations

我想我有了突破。

wǒ xiǎng wǒ yǒu le tū​pò.

I think I've had a breakthrough.

surmount; exceed verb
to break or exceed a limit, record, or barrier; to overcome an obstacle or deadlock

当代艺术通过提出新的问题和突破界限教会我新的东西。

dāng​dài yì​shù tōng​guò tí chū xīn de wèn​tí hé tū​pò jiè​xiàn jiāo​huì wǒ xīn de dōng​xi.

Contemporary art teaches me new things by raising new questions and by pushing boundaries.

break through
to concentrate forces to smash through an opening; to break through a line of defense or blockade

Frequency
Movie subtitles
15.2 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
95.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)