破坏 (pòhuài) means Destroy (break - damage). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请不要 破坏 花草。
Qǐng bùyào pòhuài huācǎo.
Please do not damage the plants.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
这件事 破坏 了他们的关系。
Zhè jiàn shì pòhuài le tāmen de guānxi.
This ruined their relationship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 破坏
过度开采会 破坏 环境。
Guòdù kāicǎi huì pòhuài huánjìng.
Over-extraction damages the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开采
过量使用化肥会 破坏 土壤。
Guòliàng shǐyòng huàféi huì pòhuài tǔrǎng.
Using too much chemical fertiliser damages the soil.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化肥
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Questions about 破坏
How is 破坏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 破坏 (pòhuài, "Destroy (break - damage)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 破坏 an HSK word?
Yes — 破坏 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 破坏?
The dictionary page for 破坏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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