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破坏

pò huài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 破壞

破坏 (pò huài) means "destruction; to destroy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 破坏 means

1. destruction
2. damage
3. to wreck
4. to break
5. to destroy

The characters in 破坏

• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 坏huàibad; spoiled; broken

Example sentences

• 我认为考试破坏教育。
  Wǒ rènwéi kǎoshì pòhuài jiàoyù.
  I think exams ruin education.
• 这破坏会花费我们很多钱。
  Zhè pòhuài huì huāfèi wǒmen hěn duō qián.
  The damage will cost us a lot of money.
• 台风的破坏跨越了好几个省。
  The typhoon caused damage across several provinces.
• 城市扩张会对环境造成破坏。
  Urban sprawl is environmentally damaging.
• 虽然激情可能会褪去，却不容它破坏我们感情上的联系。
  Suīrán jīqíng kěnéng huì tuìqù, què bù róng tā pòhuài wǒmen gǎnqíng shàng de liánxì.
  Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
• 位处赤道附近一个狭窄区域的热带雨林，正在不断地遭受人类的破坏，预计在二零零零年之前，该区域将会有五分之四的热带雨林从地球上消失。
  Wèi chǔ chìdào fùjìn yī gè xiázhǎi qūyù de rèdàiyǔlín, zhèngzài bù duàn de zāoshòu rénlèi de pòhuài, yùjì zài èr líng líng líng nián zhīqián, gāi qūyù jiānghuì yǒu wǔ fēnzhī sì de rèdàiyǔlín cóng dìqiú shàng xiāoshī.
  The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.

Words starting with 破坏

• 破坏性pò huài xìngdestructive
• 破坏活动pò huài huó dòngsabotage; subversive activities
• 破坏无遗pò huài wú yídamaged beyond repair

Words containing 破坏

• 暗黑破坏神Àn hēi Pò huài ShénDiablo (video game series)

Where 破坏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Urgency, Loss & Destruction (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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