破罐破摔 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) to smash a pot just because it has a crack
• (fig.) to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell

Character by character

• 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 罐guànjar, jug, pitcher, pot
• 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 摔shuāito fall, to stumble, to trip

Idioms sharing a character

• 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò
• 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
• 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
• 国破家亡 guó pò jiā wáng
• 大破大立 dà pò dà lì
• 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng
• 支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì
• 乐昌破镜 Lè chāng pò jìng
• 牢不可破 láo bù kě pò
• 看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.