倒塌
dǎo tā
Pinyin

Definition

倒塌
 - 
dǎo tā
  1. to collapse (of building)
  2. to topple over

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

倒
dǎo
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to lie horizontally
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to fail
  6. 6 to go bankrupt
  7. 7 to change (trains or buses)
  8. 8 to move around
  9. 9 to resell at a profit
倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
  1. 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
  2. 2 to support unconditionally
倒下
dǎo xià
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to topple over

Idioms (20)

一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

Sample Sentences

巴黎圣母院15日晚突发大火，一座19世纪增建的标志性尖塔倒塌，屋顶坍陷
BālíShèngmǔyuàn rì wǎn tūfā dàhuǒ ，yī zuò shìjì zēng jiàn de biāozhìxìng jiāntǎ dǎotā ，wūdǐng tānxiàn
On 15th night the Notre Dame in Paris caught fire, both a landmark minaret built in the 19th century and the roof collapsed
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规模四级的有感地震，各地陆续传出灾情，建筑物倒塌、人员受伤，救护人员忙得不可开交，目前伤亡人数还在统计中，请锁定本台新闻，将持续为您报导最新的情况
guīmó sì jí de yǒu gǎn dìzhèn ，gèdì lùxù to give off zāiqíng ，jiànzhùwù dǎotā 、rényuán shòushāng ，jiùhùrényuán máng de bùkěkāijiāo ，mùqián shāngwáng rénshù háizài tǒngjì zhōng ，qǐng suǒdìng běn tái xīnwén ，jiāng chíxù wèi nín bàodǎo zuìxīn de qíngkuàng
... it felt like a magnitude 4 earthquake, there are reports on the disaster from all over coming in, including roof collapses and injuries. The rescue workers are totally overwhelmed. We are still totting up the injury and death count. Please stick here for all the latest news on the situation...
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最新消息，我们来看一下这栋刚刚倒塌的楼，现场一片混乱
zuìxīn xiāoxi ，wǒmen láikàn yīxià zhè dòng gānggāng dǎotā de lóu ，xiànchǎng yīpiàn hùnluàn
Breaking news, we're going live to a building that has just collapsed, it's chaos there now...
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