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破坏

pò huài · po huai

Traditional 破壞

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乱(luàn)扔(rēng)垃(lā)圾(jī)会(huì)破(pò)坏(huài)环(huán)境(jìng)。

Littering will damage the environment.

这(zhè)场(chǎng)大(dà)雨(yǔ)破(pò)坏(huài)了(le)刚(gāng)修(xiū)好(hǎo)的(de)公(gōng)路(lù)。

The heavy rain damaged the newly repaired road.

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broken; damaged

bad; spoiled

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