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破財免災pò cái miǎn zāia financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)叵測pǒ cèunfathomable; unpredictable; treacherous破產pò chǎnto go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy破產者pò chǎn zhěbankrupt person破鈔pò chāoto spend money破處pò chǔto break the hymen; to lose virginity破除pò chúto eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of破除迷信pò chú mí xìnto eliminate superstition (idiom)潑出去的水pō chū qù de shuǐspilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk迫促pò cùto urge; urgent; pressing破膽pò dǎnto be scared stiff坡道pō dàoroad on a slope; inclined path; ramp朴刀pō dāosword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands破的pò dìto hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head潑掉pō diàospill破洞pò dònga hole坡度pō dùgradient; slope破讀pò dúpronunciation of a character other than the standard; lit. broken reading頗多pō duō(quite) a lot; many破發pò fā(of a stock) to fall below the issue price; (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局[po4 fa1 qiu2 ju2])破防pò fáng(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses; (slang) to break through sb's emotional defenses; to get to sb emotionally破費pò fèito spend (money or time)潑婦pō fùshrew; vixen破釜沉舟pò fǔ chén zhōulit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats潑婦罵街pō fù mà jiēshouting abuse in the street like a fishwife破格pò géto break the rule; to make an exception破梗pò gěng(Tw) to reveal a spoiler迫供pò gòngto extort a confession; Taiwan pr. [po4 gong1]破瓜pò guā(of a girl) to lose one's virginity; to deflower a virgin; to reach the age of 16; (of a man) to reach the age of 64破關pò guānto solve or overcome (a difficult problem); to beat (a video game)破罐破摔pò guàn pò shuāi(lit.) to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom); (fig.) to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell坡國Pō guó(coll.) Singapore迫害pò hàito persecute破壞pò huàidestruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy破壞活動pò huài huó dòngsabotage; subversive activities破壞無遺pò huài wú yídamaged beyond repair破壞性pò huài xìngdestructive破獲pò huòto uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture婆家pó jiāhusband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)破家pò jiāto destroy one's family破甲彈pò jiǎ dànarmor piercing shell潑濺pō jiànto spatter潑賤pō jiànbase; worthless破繭成蝶pò jiǎn chéng diélit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle; to get to a better place after going through difficult period迫降pò jiàngto force a plane to land潑賤人pō jiàn rénslut; tramp (old)破戒pò jièto violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up破解pò jiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software)破解版pò jiě bǎncracked version (of software)破紀錄pò jì lùto break a record; record-breaking迫近pò jìnto approach; to press in破鏡pò jìngbroken mirror; fig. broken marriage; divorce破鏡重圓pò jìng chóng yuán(lit.) the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom); (fig.) long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored破舊pò jiùshabby破舊立新pò jiù lì xīnto get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate破局pò júto break an impasse; to find a way out of a difficult situation; (of talks, plans etc) to break down; to fall through頗具pō jùrather; quite; to have much破開pò kāito split; to cut open破殼pò ké(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch; (slang) (fig.) to be born; to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)破殼齒pò ké chǐegg tooth破殼日pò ké rì(slang) (fig.) birthday破口pò kǒutear or rupture; to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes); without restraint (e.g. of swearing)破口大罵pò kǒu dà mà(idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse潑辣pō lashrewish; pungent; forceful; bold and vigorous