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1 lit. to smash a cracked pot; fig. to treat oneself as hopeless and act crazily

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net splits

2 a life and death struggle (idiom)

1 (military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)

1 sabotage

2 subversive activities

1 to wear out the doorstep (idiom)

2 to crowd at sb's door

1 (biotechnology) cell disruption

1 to make a breakthrough

1 earth-shattering

2 breakthrough

3 remarkable and original work

1 ground breaking ceremony

1 lit. head broken and blood flowing

2 fig. badly bruised

1 (fig.) to be astounded

1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force

1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback

1 tetanus (lockjaw)

1 damaged beyond repair

1 to see through a trick

1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions

1 one word says it all (idiom)

2 to hit the nail on the head

3 to be pithy and correct

1 crushed

2 utterly defeated