破烂 (破爛)
pò làn
Pinyin

Definition

破烂 (破爛)
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pò làn
  1. worn-out
  2. rotten
  3. dilapidated
  4. tattered
  5. ragged
  6. rubbish
  7. junk

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

那是因为我们小区的垃圾不分类呀！我不是每次都把废电池放到那个专门回收的箱子里去吗？还把旧报纸、饮料瓶、易拉罐什么的收集起来卖给小区门口收破烂的阿姨。
nà shì yīnwèi wǒmen xiǎoqū de lājī bù fēnlèi yā ！wǒ bù shì měicì dōu bǎ fèi diànchí fàngdào nàge zhuānmén huíshōu de xiāngzǐ lǐ qù ma ？hái bǎ jiù bàozhǐ 、yǐnliàopíng 、yìlāguàn shénme de shōují qǐlai màigěi xiǎoqū ménkǒu shōu pòlàn de āyí 。
That's because our residential area doesn't separate trash. Don't I always put used batteries in the special recycling box? And don't I collect old newspapers, beverage bottles, pop-top cans and such and sell them to the little old lady who collects garbage in our residential area?
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