1 roof tile

2 abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ tè]

1 to collapse

2 to disintegrate

3 to crumble

1 megawatt

1 Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader

1 kilowatt (unit of electric power)

1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

2 spare the rod, spoil the child

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

1 Better broken jade than intact tile.

2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)

1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)

2 fig. to do one's bit to help

1 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)

2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble

3 hanging on a thread