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break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks] (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) verb [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 折 /zhé/verb 骨折 /gǔzhé/verb |
break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks] (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) verb [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 打破 /dǎpò/verb |
break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks] (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) verb [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 坏 /huài/verb 壞verb |
break [breaks] (rest or pause, usually from work) noun [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 休息 /xiūxí/noun |
break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks] (to divide (money) into smaller units) verb [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 破 /pò/verb |
break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks] (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) verb [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 损坏verb 破坏verb |
break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks] (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) verb [UK: breɪk] [US: ˈbreɪk] | 犯戒 /fànjiè/verb 破戒 /pòjiè/verb |
break a leg (expression of best wishes to a performer) interjection | 祝你好运 /zhù nǐ hǎoyùn/interjection 祝你好運interjection |
break a sweat (to start sweating) verb | 出汗 /chūhàn/verb |
break bad (to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime) verb | 变坏 /biànhuài/verb 變壞verb |
break bread (eat a meal, especially shared) verb [UK: breɪk bred] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈbred] | 进餐 /jìncān/verb 進餐verb |
break bread (take part in Holy Communion) verb [UK: breɪk bred] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈbred] | 擘餅verb 擘饼 /bòbǐng/verb |
break bulk (to remove items in shipment from their packaging, container, or vessel) verb [UK: breɪk bʌlk] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈbəlk] | 卸货verb |
break even [broke even, broken even, breaking even, breaks even] (to neither gain nor lose money) verb [UK: breɪk ˈiːv.n̩] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈiːv.n̩] | 不賠不賺verb 保本 /bǎoběn/verb |
break-even point (The point where total costs equal total sales revenue) noun [UK: breɪk ˈiːv.n̩ pɔɪnt] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈiːv.n̩ ˈpɔɪnt] | 收支平衡点 /shōuzhī pínghéng diǎn/noun 收支平衡點noun 盈亏平衡点 /yíngkuī pínghéng diǎn/noun 盈虧平衡點noun |
break one's fast (archaic: to eat breakfast) verb [UK: breɪk wʌnz fɑːst] [US: ˈbreɪk wʌnz ˈfæst] | 吃早餐 /chī zǎocān/verb |
break out (to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition) verb [UK: breɪk ˈaʊt] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈaʊt] | 勃发 /bófā/verb 勃發verb 爆发 /bàofā/verb 爆發verb |
break out (to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly) verb [UK: breɪk ˈaʊt] [US: ˈbreɪk ˈaʊt] | 逃出 /táochū/verb |
break ranks (to break a military designation) verb | 打乱队形verb |
break someone's heart (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) verb | |
break the bank (exhaust one's financial resources) verb [UK: breɪk ðə bæŋk] [US: ˈbreɪk ðə ˈbæŋk] | 傾家蕩產verb 破产 /pòchǎn/verb 破產verb |