erhua form of 破题[pò tí] (chiefly used in the colloquial "first-time-ever" sense)
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
symmetry breaking (physics)
1. crushed2. utterly defeated
(military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily
1. lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)2. fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle3. to get to a better place after going through difficult period
a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
to talk until one is blue in the face
(biotechnology) cell disruption
1. to wear out the doorstep (idiom)2. to crowd at sb's door
(Internet slang) to have a simplistic view of sth (transcription of "too young, too simple" – English words spoken by Jiang Zemin 江泽民[jiāng zé mín] in chastizing Hong Kong reporters in 2000)
暗黑破坏神 暗黑破壞神 àn hēi pò huài shén Diablo (video game series)
1. to wear out one's lips (idiom)2. to talk until one is blue in the face3. to repeat again and again
自发对称破缺 自發對稱破缺 zì fā duì chèn pò quē spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
拿破仑·波拿巴 拿破崙·波拿巴 ná pò lún · bō ná bā Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
不是鱼死就是网破 不是魚死就是網破 bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò 1. lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)2. fig. it's a life-and-death struggle3. it's either him or me
踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫 tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
破屋又遭连夜雨 破屋又遭連夜雨 pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ see 屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ]
(linguistics) (old) plosive; stop