Cantonese Dictionary

破傷風

po3 soeng1 fung1

[n] tetanus

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破地獄

po3 dei6 juk6

Mandarin: po4 di4 yu4

[佛] break open the gates of hell by chants and incantations for the release of a departed spirit

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破壞

po3 waai6

Mandarin: po4 huai4

[1] wreck; [2] break; [3] destroy, destruction, damage

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破壞工作

po3 waai6 gung1 zok3

sabotage

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破天荒

po3 tin1 fong1

Mandarin: po4 tian1 huang1

never before; for the first time; ground-breaking; unprecedented; epoch-making

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破戒

po3 gaai3

Mandarin: po4 jie4

[1] to break a religious precept; to break the rules [2] to break one's vow of abstinence; to make an exception

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破損

po3 syun2

Mandarin: po4 sun3

disrepair; became damaged

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破曉

po3 hiu2

Mandarin: po4 xiao3

daybreak；dawn; break of day; the crack of dawn

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破柴

po3 caai4

Mandarin: po4 chai2

(verb) to chop wood

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破格

po3 gaak3

Mandarin: po4 ge2

break a rule; make an exception

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破案

po3 on3

Mandarin: po4 an4

to solve a case

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破滅

po3 mit6

Mandarin: po4 mie4

to be shattered; be disillusioned; evaporate

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破爛

po3 laan6

Mandarin: po4 lan4

Simplified: 破烂

(adjective) Broken

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破獲

po3 wok6

Mandarin: po4 huo4

[1] to uncover (a criminal plot); [2] to break into and capture

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破產

po3 caan2

Mandarin: po4 chan3

[1] to go bankrupt; [2] to become impoverished

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破相

po3 soeng3

disfigure; disfigurement

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破碎

po3 seoi3

Mandarin: po4 sui4

to smash; shatter (to pieces) | [粵]: 碎, 爛

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破紀錄

po3 gei2 luk6

Mandarin: po4 ji4 lu4

to break a record; record-breaking

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破綻百出

po3 zaan6 baak3 ceot1

Mandarin: po4 zhan4 bai3 chu1

full of flaws/contradictions/loopholes

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破舊

po3 gau6

old and shabby; worn-out

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破落

po3 lok6

Mandarin: po4 luo4

broken down; to be in decline

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破裂

po3 lit6

Mandarin: po4 lie4

split; rupture; crack; fracture

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破解

po3 gaai2

Mandarin: po4 jie3

to crack; to decipher

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破財

po3 coi4

Mandarin: po4 cai2

to suffer money loss; lose money

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破財擋災

po3 coi4 dong2 zoi1

Mandarin: po4 cai2 dang3 zai1

Simplified: 破财挡灾

(proverb) someone spends money can offset troubles; lose money to block any disaster | misfortune

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破費

po3 fai3

Mandarin: po4 fei4

to spend a lot of money; to go to some expense

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破釜沈舟

po3 fu2 cam4 zau1

Mandarin: po4 fu3 chen2 zhou1

Simplified: 破釜沉舟

burn your bridges behind you

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破釜沉舟

po3 fu2 cam4 zau1

to show determination (lit., "destroy all the cooking pots and sink all the ships, there is no turning back")

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破銅爛鐵

po3 tung4 laan6 tit3

Mandarin: po4 tong2 lan4 tie3

Simplified: 破铜烂铁

Scrap metal

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硼

paang4

Mandarin: peng2

[chemical] boron (B)

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