| 1 | 破坏 | 破壞 | pò huài | po4 huai4 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | | |
| 2 | 破 | 破 | pò | po4 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | | |
| 3 | 打破 | 打破 | dǎ pò | da3 po4 | to break; to smash | | |
| 4 | 突破 | 突破 | tū pò | tu1 po4 | to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount or break the back of (a task etc); (of ball sports) to break through a defense | | |
| 5 | 破产 | 破產 | pò chǎn | po4 chan3 | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy | | |
| 6 | 破裂 | 破裂 | pò liè | po4 lie4 | to rupture; to fracture; to break down; (linguistics) plosion | | |
| 7 | 冲破 | 衝破 | chōng pò | chong1 po4 | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly | | |
| 8 | 破旧 | 破舊 | pò jiù | po4 jiu4 | shabby | | |
| 9 | 拿破仑 | 拿破侖 | ná pò lún | Na2 po4 lun2 | Napoleon (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815; variant of 拿破仑 | | |
| 10 | 破烂 | 破爛 | pò làn | po4 lan4 | worn-out; rotten; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; rubbish; junk | | |
| 11 | 破碎 | 破碎 | pò suì | po4 sui4 | to smash to pieces; to shatter | | |
| 12 | 破除 | 破除 | pò chú | po4 chu2 | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of | | |
| 13 | 破案 | 破案 | pò àn | po4 an4 | to solve a case; shabby old table | | |
| 14 | 细胞破碎 | 細胞破碎 | xì bāo pò suì | xi4 bao1 po4 sui4 | (biotechnology) cell disruption | | |
| 15 | 破茧成蝶 | 破繭成蝶 | pò jiǎn chéng dié | po4 jian3 cheng2 die2 | lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle; to get to a better place after going through difficult period | | |
| 16 | 破解版 | 破解版 | pò jiě bǎn | po4 jie3 ban3 | cracked version (of software) | | |
| 17 | 穿破 | 穿破 | chuān pò | chuan1 po4 | to wear out (clothes); to pierce (a membrane etc) | | |
| 18 | 不是鱼死就是网破 | 不是魚死就是網破 | bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò | bu4 shi4 yu2 si3 jiu4 shi4 wang3 po4 | lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom); fig. it's a life-and-death struggle; it's either him or me | | |
| 19 | 撑破 | 撐破 | chēng pò | cheng1 po4 | to burst | | |
| 20 | 不攻自破 | 不攻自破 | bù gōng zì pò | bu4 gong1 zi4 po4 | (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc); to be discredited | | |
| 21 | 扯破 | 扯破 | chě pò | che3 po4 | tear apart | | |
| 22 | 保证破坏战略 | 保證破壞戰略 | bǎo zhèng pò huài zhàn lüè | bao3 zheng4 po4 huai4 zhan4 lu:e4 | assured destruction strategy | | |
| 23 | 胆破 | 膽破 | dǎn pò | dan3 po4 | to be frightened to death | | |
| 24 | 道破 | 道破 | dào pò | dao4 po4 | to expose; to reveal | | |
| 25 | 自发对称破缺 | 自發對稱破缺 | zì fā duì chèn pò quē | zi4 fa1 dui4 chen4 po4 que1 | spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics) | | |