打破
dǎ​pò HSK3

to break through

打破 dǎ//pò
to break through verb + particle
To break through or overcome existing limits, records, rules, or conventions.

这个纪录会被打破吗？

zhè​ge jì​lù huì bèi dǎ pò ma?

Will this record be broken?

她觉得没有必要打破沉默。

tā jué​de méi​yǒu bì​yào dǎ pò chén​mò.

She felt no need to break the silence.

to break verb + particle
To smash, shatter, or break a physical object into pieces.

我没有打破所有窗户。

wǒ méi​yǒu dǎ pò suǒ​yǒu chuāng​hu.

I didn't break all the windows.

我把盘子打破了。

wǒ bǎ pán​zi dǎ pò le.

I broke the plate.

to ruin verb + particle
To disrupt, foil, or ruin something such as a plan, relationship, or match-making

你打破了我们的协议。

nǐ dǎ pò le wǒ​men de xié​yì.

You broke our agreement.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
22.4 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
36.4 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)