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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
打破 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
打破 ＝ 打 ＋ 破
ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄛˋ · dǎpò
verb — to break, to smash; to break (a record, a silence)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

打to hit (打人)dǎ
破broken (破掉)pò
打破，打人的打，破掉的破。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一拳打下去（打），碗就裂了（破）。
One blow lands (打), and the bowl cracks open (破).
關 · Related
破掉pòdiàoto come apart — the same 破打碎dǎsuìto smash to pieces — the same 打