破晓 (破曉)
pò xiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

破晓 (破曉)
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pò xiǎo
  1. daybreak
  2. dawn

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

你这死脑筋，我订了东部海岸的饭店，面海第一排，看过去就是一望无际的太平洋，先确认一月一号的日出时间，破晓前就站上阳台，保准能迎接2016年的第一道阳光。
nǐ zhè sǐnǎojīn ，wǒ dìng le dōngbù hǎiàn de fàndiàn ，miànhǎi dì yīpái ，kàn guòqù jiùshì yīwàngwújì de tàipíng yáng ，xiān quèrèn yīyuè yī hào de rìchū shíjiān ，pòxiǎo qián jiù zhàn shàng yángtái ，bǎozhǔn néng yíngjiē 2016 nián de dì yī dào yángguāng 。
You nincompoop, I booked a hotel on the East coast, right on the shore front. Just looking out from there you can see the boundless Pacific. First we will confirm the time the sun comes up on January 1 and we can gather to stand on the balcony just before daybreak, to guarantee we'll be able to welcome in the first sun rays of 2016.
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