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破坏

Traditional: 破壞

pò huài

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pò huài · po3 waai6 (Jyutping)

  1. destruction
  2. damage
  3. to wreck
  4. to break
  5. to destroy

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

破

Meaning
break, ruin, destroy; rout
Radical
石
Strokes
10
Components
⿰石皮
Cangjie
MRDHE
Four-corner
1464.7

坏

Meaning
rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down
Radical
土
Strokes
7
Components
⿰土不
Cangjie
GMF
Four-corner
4119.0

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