The word 损坏 is formed by combining two characters, each contributing a related meaning to create a single, more specific concept. The first character, 损 (sǔn), carries the core idea of "damage", "loss", or "harm". The second character, 坏 (huài), means "broken", "spoiled", or "in bad condition". When paired, they create a cause-and-effect or reinforced semantic relationship where 损 describes the action of damaging and 坏 describes the resulting state, together meaning "to damage or spoil (to the point of breaking)". It is a straightforward compound where the combined meaning is logically derived from the sum of its parts.