破门而入

破門而入

pòménérrù

idiom #10,171

Meanings

Break the door and then enter — to force one's way in.

Jǐngchá pòménérrù zhuāzhù le xiányírén.

The police broke down the door and caught the suspect.

Xiǎotōu bànyè pòménérrù.

The thief broke in through the door in the middle of the night.

grammar

This follows the classical pattern [verb]+而+[verb], where 而 connects two sequential actions. Other examples: 满载而归, 拍案而起.

破 pò

门 mén

而 ér

入 rù