1. verb to break; to split; to smash
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 剖开 (CC-CEDICT '破'; Guoyu '破' v 4; Kroll 2015 '破' 1a, p. 348; Unihan '破'; XHZD '破' 2, p. 575)
  2. adjective worn-out; broken
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 破鞋 worn out shoes (CC-CEDICT '破'; Guoyu '破' adj 1; XHZD '破' 1, p. 575)
  3. verb to destroy; to ruin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 毁坏 (CC-CEDICT '破'; Guoyu '破' v 1; Unihan '破'; XHZD '破' 3, p. 575)
  4. verb to break a rule; to allow an exception
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 破除; for example, 破戒 break a precept (CC-CEDICT '破'; Guoyu '破' v 2; XHZD '破' 4, p. 575)
  5. verb to defeat
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 击败 (CC-CEDICT '破'; Guoyu '破' v 3; XHZD '破' 5, p. 575)
  6. adjective low quality; in poor condition
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 差劲 (Guoyu '破' adj 2; XHZD '破' 8, p. 575)
  7. verb to strike; to hit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '破' 1, p. 348)
  8. verb to spend [money]; to squander
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 消耗; for example, 破财 bankrupt (Guoyu '破' v 7; Kroll 2015 '破' 2, p. 348; XHZD '破' 7, p. 575)
  9. verb to disprove [an argument]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '破'; Guoyu '破' v 5; Kroll 2015 '破' 1b, p. 348)
  10. noun finale
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In music (Guoyu '破' n; Kroll 2015 '破' 3, p. 348)
  11. verb to use up; to exhaust
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the senes of 穷尽 (Guoyu '破' v 8)
  12. verb to penetrate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the senes of 穿 or 透 (Guoyu '破' v 10)
  13. phonetic pha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pha; see 頗 (FGDB '頗')
  14. verb break; bheda
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bheda, Japanese: ha (BCSD '破', p. 888; Mahāvyutpatti 'bhedaḥ'; MW 'bheda'; Unihan '破')

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  • Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 936
  • Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 679
  • Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 492
  • Scroll 9 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 484
  • Scroll 3 Commentary on the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論疏 — count: 455
  • Scroll 10 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 422
  • Scroll 2 Overiew of the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論宗致義記 — count: 420 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Commentary on the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論疏 — count: 415
  • Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 414
  • Scroll 4 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 394

Collocations

  • 惒破 (惒破) 惒破 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 31
  • 破骨 (破骨) 寧自破骨破心燔燒身體 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
  • 钻破 (鑽破) 先鑽破皮 — Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
  • 大破 (大破) 乃至大破 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
  • 破散 (破散) 閃壞敗破散消滅 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 破城 (破城) 破城滅國 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
  • 破群 (破群) 牟利破群㝹比丘捨戒罷道 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
  • 破皮 (破皮) 既破皮已 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 破中有 (破中有) 破中有無央數種種珠寶瓔珞 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 破答曰 (破答曰) 惒破答曰 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4