Dictionary › 破戒

破戒

pò jiè

2-character word

What 破戒 means

1. to violate a religious precept
2. to smoke or drink after giving up

The characters in 破戒

• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pò jiè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.