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突破

tūpò
verb HSK 5 #4,015

Meanings

  1. 1 to break through; to make a breakthrough
  2. 2 breakthrough (noun)

Characters

突
tū
sudden; to charge; to rush
破
pò
to break; broken
To suddenly break through - a breakthrough.

Examples

HSK 3
这是一个技术上的重要突破。
Zhè shì yīgè jìshù shàng de zhòngyào tūpò.
This is an important technological breakthrough.
HSK 7-9
他终于突破了自己的极限。
Tā zhōngyú tūpò le zìjǐ de jíxiàn.
He finally broke through his own limits.
HSK 7-9
销售额突破了一百万。
Xiāoshòu'é tūpò le yībǎiwàn.
Sales broke through one million.

Tips

usage
突破 can be used with numbers to mean 'to exceed/surpass': 人口突破十亿 (population exceeded one billion). Also common: 突破瓶颈 (break through a bottleneck).

Stroke Order

突 tū
破 pò