具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn 工具 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) syn 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn 铲子 鏟子 chǎn zi shovel / spade / trowel / spatula (kitchen utensil) / CL:把[ba3] syn 用具 yòng jù appliance / utensil / gear / equipment syn 石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn 器具 qì jù implement / utensil / equipment syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn 稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn 器物 qì wù implement / utensil / article / object syn 依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn 七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn 坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 坏 壞 huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 器 qì device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn 盛 chéng to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil syn 锔 鋦 jū to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together 残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 竹器 zhú qì utensil made of bamboo 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn 败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 鼻儿 鼻兒 bí r eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion syn 篰 bù sieve-like utensil 鋐 hóng utensil / implement 伤心蒿目 傷心蒿目 shāng xīn hāo mù to grieve / broken-hearted 拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker 败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 柔肠寸断 柔腸寸斷 róu cháng cùn duàn lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom) 涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly 蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn 韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently Broken Spur 热液田 Broken Spur 熱液田 Broken Spur rè yè tián Broken Spur hydrothermal field 破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn 破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce 布罗肯海底高原 Broken Ridge oceanic plateau / Broken Ridge plateau 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn 錩 chāng metal utensil / mounting / fitting 爪儿 爪兒 zhuǎ r paws (of small animal) / foot of a utensil / stupid person syn 网杓 網杓 wǎng sháo skimmer (kitchen utensil) 匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times 鉝 lì a kind of eating utensil / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / livermorium (chemistry) 锠 錩 chāng metal utensil / mounting / fitting 𬭎 鋐 hóng utensil / implement / ray (fish) / Taiwan pr. [hong1] 支子 zhī zi support / stand / trivet / (cooking utensil) gridiron / (variant of 梔子|栀子[zhi1 zi5]) cape jasmine 伤心致死 傷心致死 shāng xīn zhì sǐ to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony 断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated 破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading 碎掉 suì diào to drop and smash / broken 断脊梁战 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war 摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 坏鸟 壞鳥 huài niǎo sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order) 碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted 乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship 