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突破

tū pò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

突破 (tū pò) means "to break through". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 突破 means

1. to break through
2. to make a breakthrough
3. to surmount (an obstacle)
4. sportsto break through the opponent's defense

The characters in 突破

• 突tūto dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out

Example sentences

• 他们企图突破敌军的防线。
  They attempted to break through the enemy line.
• 他在自然地理科学界取得了突破性的成果。
  He did pioneering work in the field of physical geography.
• 多数科学突破只不过是发现了显而易见的事。
  Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.

Words starting with 突破

• 突破口tū pò kǒubreach; gap; breakthrough point
• 突破性tū pò xìnggroundbreaking
• 突破点tū pò diǎnpoint of penetration (military); breakthrough
• 突破瓶颈tū pò píng jǐngto make a breakthrough

Where 突破 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tǒng–tǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tū pò correctly.
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