pò wǎ hán yáo

Traditional: 破瓦寒窯

破瓦寒窑 (pò wǎ hán yáo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house
  2. 2poor and shabby dwelling

Characters in 破瓦寒窑

破pò · broken瓦wǎ · roof tile寒hán · cold窑yáo · kiln

Related words

破broken破坏destruction打破to break; to smash破产to go bankrupt瓦roof tile突破to break through破案to solve a criminal case破裂to burst; to rupture破烂worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged拿破仑Napoleon (name)拿破仑variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑[Na2 po4 lun2]破碎to smash to pieces

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