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拆

chāi

to break up, split apart, rip open; to destroy

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Example sentences

  • 他怎么敢拆我的信!

    Tā zěn me gǎn chāi wǒ de xìn

    How dare he open my letters!

  • 过河拆桥。

    Guò hé chāi qiáo

    Danger past, God forgotten.

  • 这不就是拆了东墙补西墙吗?

    Zhè bù jiù shì chāi le dōng qiáng bǔ Xī qiáng ma

    Isn't this just tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall?

  • 没有人会为这个旧建筑物的拆除而落泪。

    Méi yǒu rén huì wèi zhè ge jiù jiàn zhù wù de chāi chú ér luò lèi

    Nobody's going to shed any tears if that old building gets torn down.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 拆

  • 拆chāi 1to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
  • 拆除chāi chú 1–2 to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
  • 拆迁chāi qiān 1–1 to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants