拆
chāi
Pinyin

Definition

拆
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chāi
  1. to tear open
  2. to tear down
  3. to tear apart
  4. to open

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拆
chāi
  1. 1 to tear open
  2. 2 to tear down
  3. 3 to tear apart
  4. 4 to open
拆卸
chāi xiè
  1. 1 to unload
  2. 2 to dismantle
拆散
chāi sàn
  1. 1 to break up (a marriage, family etc)
拆穿
chāi chuān
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to unmask
  3. 3 to see through (a lie etc)
拆线
chāi xiàn
  1. 1 to remove stitches (from a wound)

Idioms (4)

宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
  1. 1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
过河拆桥
guò hé chāi qiáo
  1. 1 lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

Sample Sentences

经常被水淹没区域架高的走道也被淹没，不得不拆除，“水上巴士”暂停服务。
jīngcháng bèi shuǐ yānmò qūyù jiàgāo de zǒudào yě bèi yānmò ，bùdé bù chāichú ，“shuǐshàngbāshì ”zàntíng fúwù 。
The elevated walkways which were often inundated had to be dismantled. The “water buses” were also temporarily suspended.
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对，那最后一种就是变色龙型的老板，他们通晓人情世故，见招拆招，见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话。其实跟这类老板沟通，最舒服，你做好自己就好，他会主动来适应你的。
duì ，nà zuìhòu yīzhǒng jiùshì biànsèlóng xíng de lǎobǎn ，tāmen tōngxiǎo rénqíngshìgù ，jiàn zhāo chāi zhāo ，jiàn rén shuō rén huà ，jiàn guǐ shuō guǐ huà 。qíshí gēn zhèlèi lǎobǎn gōutōng ，zuì shūfu ，nǐ zuò hǎo zìjǐ jiù hǎo ，tā huì zhǔdòng lái shìyìng nǐ de 。
Yes, so the last type is - The Chameleon. They are very sensitive to the ways of the world and have a whole bag of tricks; they can charm whoever they're talking to, regardless of who they are. Actually, communicating with this kind of boss is the best. You just focus on being yourself and they'll come and adapt to you!
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差不多是这样，不过每个地方还是会有一点儿不同，我们家是一定要回家的，一起吃饭、拆礼物。
chàbuduō shì zhèyàng ，bùguò měige dìfang háishì huì yǒu yīdiǎnr bùtóng ，wǒmen jiā shì yīdìng yào huíjiā de ，yīqǐ chīfàn 、chāi lǐwù 。
More or less, but each place is still a little different. In our family we have to go home, to eat together and open presents.
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嗯。好像是有点问题。要不我们拆开看看？
ng4 。hǎoxiàng shì yǒudiǎnr wèntí 。yàobu wǒmen chāikāi kàn kan ？
OK. It doesn't seem to be working. Let's open it up and have a look?
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好，螺丝都拆下来了，我们看看内部构造。
hǎo ，luósī dōu chāi xiàlái le ，wǒmen kànkan nèibù gòuzào 。
OK, I've taken out the screws, let's look inside.
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宿舍门口那一对对就这样硬生生地被拆散了。我们宿管阿姨比王母娘娘还狠。
sùshè ménkǒu nà yīduìduì jiù zhèyàng yìngshēngshēng de bèi chāisàn le 。wǒmen sùguǎn āyí bǐ WángMǔniángniang hái hěn 。
All the couples at the entrance of the dormitory are being forcibly separated. Our dormitory management is more fierce than the Lady Queen Mother.
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人生已经很艰难了很困难了，有的事情就不要去拆穿了。
rénshēng yǐjīng hěn jiānnán le hěn kùnnan le ，yǒude shìqing jiù bù yào qù chāichuān le 。
If a person's situation is already difficult and troubled, and they have a problem, then one shouldn't expose it.
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人艰不拆
rénjiānbùchāi
to expose someone's flaws while they are going through hardship
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我看现在城市化就是征地、拆迁、盖楼。基础建设搞得再好，楼房盖得再多有什么用。那个小城能吸纳多少农民就业？农民就是都住进楼房也变不成城里人。就说早几年被征地的那几个村吧，倒是家家住进了楼房，成了市民。当时的补偿款给得也少，他们早就花完了，现在又没地，又没钱，农民不像农民，市民不像市民，无业游民倒是挺多，那日子过得，就快成贫民窟了。
wǒ kàn xiànzài chéngshìhuà jiùshì zhēngdì 、chāiqiān 、gàilóu 。jīchǔjiànshè gǎo de zài hǎo ，lóufáng gài de zài duō yǒu shénme yòng 。nàge xiǎochéng néng xīnà duōshao nóngmín jiùyè ？nóngmín jiùshì dōu zhùjìn lóufáng yě biàn bùchéng chénglǐrén 。jiù shuō zǎo jǐnián bèi zhēngdì de nà jǐ ge cūn ba ，dàoshì jiājiā zhùjìn le lóufáng ，chéng le shìmín 。dāngshí de bǔchángkuǎn gěi de yě shǎo ，tāmen zǎo jiù huā wán le ，xiànzài yòu méi dì ，yòu méi qián ，nóngmín bù xiàng nóngmín ，shìmín bù xiàng shìmín ，wúyèyóumín dàoshì tǐng duō ，nà rìzi guò de ，jiù kuài chéng pínmínkōng le 。
The urbanization I see nowadays is just land requisition, demolition of old buildings and building new ones. No matter how good the infrastructure is or how many buildings are built, what good is it? How many farmers can those small cities employ? Just living in a building doesn't make farmers into city dwellers. Look at all those families in the villages who had their land requisitioned before that have all settled in buildings and become city dwellers. At the time, the compensation they got was so little, they ended up spending everything a while ago. Now they don't have any land and they don't have any money either. They're farmers who aren't like farmers and city dwellers who aren't like city dwellers. They're actually a lot of vagrants. Living in this way, they'll find themselves living in slums soon.
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可是头儿，一样是生产笔记本电脑，TX牌的电脑我们可都拆开来看过，人家供应商的零件比我们要好一个档次啊。
kěshì tóur ，yīyàng shì shēngchǎn bǐjìběndiànnǎo ，TX pái de diànnǎo wǒmen kě dōu chāikāilái kàn guo ，rénjiā gōngyìngshāng de língjiàn bǐ wǒmen yào hǎo yī gè dàngcì a 。
But boss, it's all the same in manufacturing laptop computers. We've taken apart a TX brand computer and looked inside. Their supplier's parts are a class above ours.
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