撕破脸 (撕破臉)
sī pò liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

撕破脸 (撕破臉)
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sī pò liǎn
  1. to have an acrimonious falling-out
  2. to shed all pretense of cordiality
  3. to tear into each other

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

破
pò
  1. 1 broken
  2. 2 damaged
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 lousy
  5. 5 rotten
  6. 6 to break, split or cleave
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to destroy
  9. 9 to break with
  10. 10 to defeat
  11. 11 to capture (a city etc)
  12. 12 to expose the truth of
破坏
pò huài
  1. 1 destruction
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 to wreck
  4. 4 to break
  5. 5 to destroy
突破
tū pò
  1. 1 to break through
  2. 2 to make a breakthrough
  3. 3 to surmount or break the back of (a task etc)
  4. 4 (of ball sports) to break through a defense
划破
huá pò
  1. 1 to cut open
  2. 2 to rip
  3. 3 to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)
  4. 4 to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
打破
dǎ pò
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to smash

Idioms (20)

一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我真没想到，家里四个孩子为了一点财产，撕破脸皮，手足之情都不要了。 那天他们在家里吵，气得我差点儿心脏病发作！
wǒ zhēn méixiǎngdào ，jiālǐ sì ge háizi wèile yīdiǎn cáichǎn ，sīpò liǎnpí ，shǒuzú zhī qíng dōu bù yào le 。 nà tiān tāmen zài jiāli chǎo ，qì de wǒ chàdiǎnr xīnzàngbìng fāzuò ！
I really had no idea. All four kids are willing to destroy their relationship just for a little bit of property. Once, I got so angry when they were fighting that I almost had a heart attack!
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跟人吵架就有面子了？我看这样撕破脸，大家都没面子。而且那么早就把别人闹醒，一点儿素质都没有！
gēn rén chǎojià jiù yǒu miànzi le ？wǒ kàn zhèyàng sīpòliǎn ，dàjiā dōu méi miànzi 。érqiě nàme zǎo jiù bǎ biérén nào xǐng ，yīdiǎnr sùzhì dōu méiyǒu ！
How dignified is it to argue with people? The way I see it, they showed no consideration for anyone's feelings. Everyone loses face. And waking other people up so early-- it's uncivilized.
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