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破除

pòchú

to break/remove; to eliminate; to abolish

A person hammers an old wall and light shines through
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Characters in this word

破 pò

Strokes
10
Radical
石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of
石 stone, rock, mineral 皮 skin, hide, fur, feathers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

除 chú

Strokes
9
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 除

Example phrases

  • 要真正破除形式主义,不能只靠一次整顿,而要改变考核逻辑。 Yào zhēnzhèng pòchú xíngshìzhǔyì, bù néng zhǐ kào yí cì zhěngdùn, ér yào gǎibiàn kǎohé luóji. To truly break with formalism, one cannot rely only on a one-off rectification; the assessment logic must be changed.
  • 我们要破除旧观念,接受新的想法。 Wǒmen yào pòchú jiù guānniàn, jiēshòu xīn de xiǎngfǎ. We must break down old ideas and accept new ones.
  • 他用事实破除了大家对这件事的误会。 Tā yòng shìshí pòchú le dàjiā duì zhè jiàn shì de wùhuì. He used facts to clear up everyone's misunderstanding about this matter.

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