打碎 - to shatter, to smash, to break into pieces - dǎ suì | Definition | ChinesePod.com

打碎

dǎ suì

Pinyin

Definition

打碎

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dǎ suì

to shatter
to smash
to break into pieces

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dá

1 dozen (loanword)

dǎ kāi

1 to open
2 to show (a ticket)
3 to turn on
4 to switch on

suì

1 to break down
2 to break into pieces
3 fragmentary

yī wǎng dǎ jìn

1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
3 to capture them all in one go

qiē suì

1 to chop

Idioms (20)

一炮打响

yī pào dǎ xiǎng

1 to win instant success (idiom)
2 to start off successfully

一网打尽

yī wǎng dǎ jìn

1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
3 to capture them all in one go

三天不打，上房揭瓦

sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2 spare the rod, spoil the child

不打不成器

bù dǎ bù chéng qì

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

不打不成才

bù dǎ bù chéng cái

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sample Sentences

秦阿姨嗓门很大：“这些小鬼成天打碎人家玻璃，还不老实交待问题。”

Qín āyí sǎngmén hěndà ：“zhèxiē xiǎoguǐ chéngtiān dǎsuì rénjiā bōli ，hái bù lǎoshi jiāodài wèntí 。”

Mrs. Qin said in a loud voice, "These little rascals are running around breaking people's windows all day, and they still won't own up to who did it."

中国不像西方那样有特别的巫师文化。不过大家心里都有个魔法梦吧！穿了隐形衣别人就看不到你，打碎花瓶念个咒语就没事了，小时候谁不希望有这样的好事！

Zhōngguó bù xiàng xīfāng nàyàng yǒu tèbié de wūshī wénhuà 。bùguò dàjiā xīnli dōu yǒu ge mófǎ mèng ba ！chuān le yǐnxíng yī biérén jiù kānbùdào nǐ ，dǎsuì huāpíng niàn ge zhòuyǔ jiù méishì le ，xiǎo shíhou shéi bùxīwàng yǒu zhèyàng de hǎoshì ！

China doesn't really have the sort of wizard/witch culture that they do in the west. However, everyone deep down enjoys dreaming about magic. Like wearing magic clothes that make you invisible, breaking vases and then chanting something and its fixed. What child wouldn't fantasize about those kinds of cool things?