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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

打破 [dǎpò]
  1. 1. break; smash; crack; destroy; bust
    打破铁饭碗
    break the iron rice bowl
    打破条件分割
    dismantle the barriers between regions
    打破平衡
    upset a balance
    打破界线
    break down barriers
    打破记录
    break a record
    打破僵局
    break a deadlock; find a way out of a stalemate

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

打破 [dǎpò]
  1. 1. 突破原有的纪录、限制、规定或拘束等
    打破百米世界纪录
    打破常规

Examples

打破常规
break with convention
打破陈规
break with outmoded conventions
窗玻璃打破了。
The windowpane is broken.
打破记录
break a record
打破平衡
upset a balance
打破铁饭碗
break the iron rice bowl
小明老爱问为什么,老爱打破砂锅问到底。
Xiaoming always asks why and he'll never be satisfied until he knows everything.

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