破
Meaning
- broken
- damaged
- worn out
Example sentence
我不能破例。
I can't make an exception.
The character 破
破 is 石, stone, beside 皮: broken. 破了 is torn or split where 坏了 has merely stopped working. 打破 to smash, 破坏 to wreck, 破产 to go bankrupt — and 破 before a noun means shabby.