The Chinese word **破译** is a verb-object compound formed by combining the verb **破** (pò, meaning "to break" or "to solve") with the verb **译** (yì, meaning "to translate" or "to decode"). In this construction, **破** acts as the action that is performed, and **译** serves as the object or goal of that action, creating the combined meaning "to break and decode" or "to decipher." It is specifically used to describe the act of cracking a code, solving a cipher, or interpreting an encrypted message, where one first "breaks" the encryption method and then "translates" it into intelligible information.