1 to attack

2 to accuse

3 to study

1 to besiege (a town)

1 broken

2 damaged

3 worn out

4 lousy

5 rotten

6 to break, split or cleave

7 to get rid of

8 to destroy

9 to break with

10 to defeat

11 to capture (a city etc)

12 to expose the truth of

1 destruction

2 damage

3 to wreck

4 to break

5 to destroy

1 to break through

2 to make a breakthrough

3 to surmount or break the back of (a task etc)

4 (of ball sports) to break through a defense

1 one word says it all (idiom)

2 to hit the nail on the head

3 to be pithy and correct

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)

2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle

3 it's either him or me

1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions

1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside

2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner

2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices

3 hoist with his own petard