塌
tā
Pinyin

Definition

塌
 - 
tā
  1. to collapse
  2. to droop
  3. to settle down

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

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
倒塌
dǎo tā
  1. 1 to collapse (of building)
  2. 2 to topple over
坍塌
tān tā
  1. 1 to collapse
崩塌
bēng tā
  1. 1 talus slide
  2. 2 to crumble (of scree slope)
  3. 3 to collapse
  4. 4 landslide
死心塌地
sǐ xīn tā dì
  1. 1 to be hell-bent on
  2. 2 dead set on sth
  3. 3 unswerving

Idioms (1)

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

Sample Sentences

欸欸欸……唉呀！老师，我好不容易把雏型拉出来，一分神又塌了…
ǎi ǎi ǎi ……ài ya ！lǎoshī ，wǒ hǎobùróngyì bǎ chúxíng lā chūlái ，yī fēnshén yòu tā le …
Ahhh…. Oh no! Sir, it was so hard to pull out a model, and I lost concentration for a moment and it collapsed...
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什么共享经济嘛！我今天出门要停个机车，停车格都被共享单车给占满了，停车格规划得一塌糊涂，现在又要开放共享单车？
shénme gòngxiǎng jīngjì ma ！wǒ jīntiān chūmén yào tíng gè jīchē ，tíngchēgé dōu bèi gòngxiǎng dānchē gěi zhàn mǎn le ，tíngchēgé guīhuà de yītāhútu ，xiànzài yòu yào kāifàng gòngxiǎng dānchē ？
What's with that sharing economy! I went out today and needed to park my scooter, and all the parking spaces were occupied by shared bicycles. The parking spaces are all so muddled up, so now they want to launch shared bicycles?
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一点也没错，超做作。不过不得不承认他去年勤于健身，你看看他现在满身肌肉，身材好得一塌糊涂啊！
yīdiǎn yě méi cuò ，chāo zuòzuò 。bùguò bùdébù chéngrèn tā qùnián qínyú jiànshēn ，nǐ kàn kan tā xiànzài mǎnshēn jīròu ，shēncái hǎo de yītāhútu ā ！
You're right! How pretentious. But you have to admit that last year he's worked really hard on his body. See how he's so muscly all over now, and his body is so banging it blows your mind!
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6.堵车堵得一塌糊涂，年轻司机恨不得插上翅膀飞回家。
.dǔchē dǔ de yìtāhútu ，niánqīng sījī hènbude chāshang chìbǎng fēi huíjiā 。
The traffic jam was in such a mess that the young driver wished he could put on his wings and fly home.
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天灾人祸对于老百姓来说真是最严峻的考验，学校附近不是有片老房子吗？我看那里有些屋子，墙都塌了半边，希望里头住的人有个什么避难所可以去。
tiānzāi rénhuò duìyú lǎobǎixìng láishuō zhēn shì zuì yánjùn de kǎoyàn ，xuéxiào fùjìn bùshì yǒu piàn lǎo fángzi ma ？wǒ kàn nàlǐ yǒuxiē wūzi ，qiáng dōu tā le bànbiān ，xīwàng lǐtou zhù de rén yǒu gè shénme bìnànsuǒ kěyǐ qù 。
These calamities are the harshest of tests for ordinary people. Aren't there some old houses near our school? Some of those houses are already half caved in! I really hope the people living there have somewhere safe they can go.
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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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当医生告诉我宝宝染色体异常，是唐氏宝宝的时候，妈妈的感觉像是天塌下来一样。
dāng yīshēng gàosu wǒ bǎobao rǎnsètǐ yìcháng ，shì tángshì bǎobao de shíhou ，māma de gǎnjué xiàng shì tiān tā xiàlai yīyàng 。
When the doctor told me that there were abnormalities with our baby's chromosomes and that the baby had Down's syndrome, I felt like my world was falling apart.
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准备这些只是图个心安，楼塌下来，几个逃生包都没用，压都压死你！
zhǔnbèi zhèxiē zhǐshì tú gè xīnān ，lóu tā xiàlai ，jǐ ge táoshēngbāo dōu méi yòng ，yā dōu yā sǐ nǐ ！
Preparing all that is just to give yourself peace of mind, if the building collapses, even with several survival kits, you will get crushed to death!
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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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