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突破

tūpò
verb/noun 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

科学家在研究上取得了重大突破。
Kēxuéjiā zài yánjiū shàng qǔdé le zhòngdà tūpò.
Scientists made a major breakthrough in their research.
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.
销售额突破了一百万。
Xiāoshòu é tūpò le yī bǎi wàn.
Sales broke through one million.
这是一个技术上的重要突破。
Zhè shì yī ge jìshù shàng de zhòngyào tūpò.
This is an important technological breakthrough.

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