lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats
Characters in this word
4破
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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
- Pinyin
- pò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2217 of 2500
釜
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kettle, cauldron
- Pinyin
- fǔ
- Strokes
- 10
沉
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variant of 沉[chen2]
- Pinyin
- chén
- Traditional
- 沈
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7969 of 2500
舟
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boat
- Pinyin
- zhōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 33083 of 2500