破局
pò jú
Pinyin

Definition

破局
 - 
pò jú
  1. to collapse (of plan, talks etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

局
jú
  1. 1 narrow
打破
dǎ pò
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to smash
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
结局
jié jú
  1. 1 conclusion
  2. 2 ending
饭局
fàn jú
  1. 1 dinner party
  2. 2 banquet
布局
bù jú
  1. 1 arrangement
  2. 2 composition
  3. 3 layout
  4. 4 opening (chess jargon)
局限
jú xiàn
  1. 1 variant of 局限[jú xiàn]
全局
quán jú
  1. 1 overall situation
公安局
gōng ān jú
  1. 1 public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
出局
chū jú
  1. 1 to send off (player for a foul)
  2. 2 to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament)
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to call out
  5. 5 to kill off
  6. 6 to pull out of (a competition)
  7. 7 to retire (a runner in baseball)
  8. 8 out (i.e. man out in baseball)
分局
fēn jú
  1. 1 sub-bureau
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)
大局
dà jú
  1. 1 general situation
  2. 2 present conditions
定局
dìng jú
  1. 1 foregone conclusion
  2. 2 to be settled conclusively
局势
jú shì
  1. 1 situation
  2. 2 state (of affairs)
局部
jú bù
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 local
局长
jú zhǎng
  1. 1 bureau chief
  2. 2 CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
局面
jú miàn
  1. 1 aspect
  2. 2 phase
  3. 3 situation

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)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
局促一隅
jú cù yī yú
  1. 1 to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
打破砂锅问到底
dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
当局者迷，旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
  1. 1 to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破绽百出
pò zhàn bǎi chū
  1. 1 lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
  1. 1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
破财免灾
pò cái miǎn zāi
  1. 1 a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)

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