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突破

tū pò · tu po

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HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to break through
  2. to make a breakthrough
  3. to surmount (an obstacle)
  4. (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
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Level ten at last

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)终于(zhōngyú)突破(tūpò)第(dì)十(shí)关(guān)了(le)！

    I finally got past level ten!

  2. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)？你(nǐ)卡(kǎ)了(le)一(yī)个(gè)星期(xīngqī)了(le)。

    Really? You were stuck for a week.

  3. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)视频(shìpín)攻略(gōnglüè)。

    Yes, I watched a video guide.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)不(bù)算(suàn)突破(tūpò)，那(nà)是(shì)抄(chāo)答案(dáàn)！

    That's not a breakthrough. That's copying the answers!

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)真的(zhēnde)突破(tūpò)了(le)！

    But I really did get through!

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In a sentence

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01

多(duō)数(shù)科(kē)学(xué)突(tū)破(pò)只(zhǐ)不(bú)过(guò)是(shì)发(fā)现(xiàn)了(le)显(xiǎn)而(ér)易(yì)见(jiàn)的(de)事(shì)。

Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by pyrachi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

经(jīng)过(guò)多(duō)年(nián)努(nǔ)力(lì)，团(tuán)队(duì)终(zhōng)于(yú)在(zài)技(jì)术(shù)上(shàng)取(qǔ)得(dé)了(le)突(tū)破(pò)。

After years of effort, the team finally made a breakthrough in technology.

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