拆迁 (拆遷)
chāi qiān
Pinyin

Definition

拆迁 (拆遷)
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chāi qiān
  1. to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

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

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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其实世博会对不同的人都有不同的意义。比如说老百姓，有些就因为世博会建造场馆拆迁， 搬到了更好的房子里。而就上海这个城市而言，最大的意义在于会促进经济的发展。
qíshí Shìbóhuì duì bùtóng de rén dōu yǒu bùtóng de yìyì 。bǐrú shuō lǎobǎixìng ，yǒuxiē jiù yīnwèi Shìbóhuì jiànzào chángguǎn chāiqiān ， bān dào le gènghǎo de fángzi lǐ 。ér jiù Shànghǎi zhège chéngshì éryán ，zuìdà de yìyì zàiyú huì cùjìn jīngjì de fāzhǎn 。
Actually the Expo has different meanings for different people. For example, for some common citizens it means that their old homes will be torn down for construction sites, so they will be moved into better houses. In addition, with regard to Shanghai city itself, the most meaningful thing is that it will stimulate economic development.
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哎，这儿终于要拆迁了。居委会的人找你谈了吗？
āi ，zhèr zhōngyú yào chāiqiān le 。jūwěihuì de rén zhǎo nǐ tán le ma ？
Ah, they're finally tearing down our building and relocating us. Did someone from the neighborhood committee have a talk with you?
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