粉碎

• Pinyin: fěn suì
• Desglose de hanzi: 粉 = 米 + 分 (rice + divide — powdery fine particles); 碎 = 石 + 卒 (stone + complete/soldier — utterly shattered stone)

Significado

Hacer añicos; triturar; destruir por completo.

Used both literally (shattering glass, grinding ore) and figuratively (crushing dreams, dismantling a conspiracy). In political and historical contexts, 粉碎 appears in phrases such as 粉碎阴谋 (foil a plot). Stronger and more complete than 打碎 or 破碎.

Ejemplos

1. 地震发生时，货架上的瓷器纷纷跌落，摔得粉碎，整个厨房地面铺满了碎片。
2. 检察机关历时两年完成调查，终于将这个盘踞多年的跨国贩毒网络彻底粉碎。
3. 多年努力换来的梦想在一场意外中化为乌有，他内心深处的某种东西也随之粉碎。

Guía de uso

Contexto: physical, politics, law, emotions

Tono: intense

Correcto

• 通过长达数月的卧底侦查，警方积累了足够证据，一举粉碎了专门针对老年群体实施诈骗的地下犯罪团伙。(Through months of undercover investigation, police gathered sufficient evidence to in one stroke smash the underground criminal gang that had specifically been targeting the elderly.)
• 那次毁灭性的失败将他所有关于成功的幻想彻底粉碎，却也意外地让他第一次开始直视自己内心深处真正渴望的是什么。(That devastating failure completely shattered all his illusions about success, but unexpectedly, for the first time, caused him to confront directly what he truly yearned for deep within himself.)

Incorrecto

• 粉碎 for minor breakage — use 打碎 for accidentally broken objects or 弄坏 for damaged items; 粉碎 implies total, irreversible destruction rather than simple damage

Origen e historia

粉 (powder — finely ground particles) + 碎 (broken pieces) — to break something into powder-fine fragments; complete destruction

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal