# 破坏 (pòhuài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 破坏 (pòhuài) means “destruction; damage; to wreck”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: destruction; damage; to wreck
- Pinyin: pòhuài (po4 huai4)
- Traditional: 破壞
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我们不应该破坏自然环境。
  Wǒmen bù yīnggāi pòhuài zìrán huánjìng.
  We should not damage the natural environment.

## Characters

- [破](https://hanziro.com/word/po-broken/) (pò): broken; to break
- [坏](https://hanziro.com/word/huai-bad/) (huài): bad; broken

https://hanziro.com/word/po-huai-destruction/

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