phá vỡ
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Definition
Verb:
- To break: To cause something to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, ending its physical wholeness.
- To break through / to breach: To force a way through a barrier, obstacle, or defensive line.
- To destroy / to shatter: To completely ruin the structure, integrity, or continuity of something, often something abstract like a plan, a record, or a state.
Verb (extended usage):
- To disrupt: To interrupt the normal progress or unity of a situation, system, or relationship.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cơn bão đã phá vỡ cửa sổ. (The storm broke the window.)
- Quân đội phá vỡ phòng tuyến của địch. (The army broke through the enemy's defensive line.)
- Tin đó phá vỡ sự yên tĩnh của buổi sáng. (That news shattered the peace of the morning.)
- Họ phá vỡ kỷ lục thế giới. (They broke the world record.)
Advanced Usage
"phá vỡ thế bế tắc": to break a deadlock/impasse.
- Cuộc đàm phán mới hy vọng sẽ phá vỡ thế bế tắc. (The new negotiation hopes to break the deadlock.)
"phá vỡ sự im lặng": to break the silence.
- Cô ấy là người đầu tiên phá vỡ sự im lặng. (She was the first to break the silence.)
Variants and Related Words
Phá (v): to destroy, to demolish. Has a broader sense of destruction.
- Phá một tòa nhà cũ. (To demolish an old building.)
Vỡ (v): to break, to shatter (often intransitive, describing the state of breaking).
- Cái ly rơi xuống đất và vỡ. (The cup fell to the ground and shattered.)
Synonyms
- Break: The most general synonym for causing something to separate into pieces.
- Shatter: To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.
- Breach: To make a gap in and break through a barrier.
- Destroy: To put an end to the existence of something by damaging or attacking it.
Related Idioms
Phá vỡ khuôn mẫu: to break the mold; to do something in a new and different way.
- Nhà thiết kế trẻ luôn muốn phá vỡ khuôn mẫu. (The young designer always wants to break the mold.)
Phá vỡ không khí căng thẳng: to break the tension.
- Một câu nói đùa có thể phá vỡ không khí căng thẳng. (A joke can break the tension.)
- Break through