cuī
Pinyin

Definition

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cuī
  1. to break
  2. to destroy
  3. to devastate
  4. to ravage
  5. to repress

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

cuī cán
  1. 1 to ravage
  2. 2 to ruin
jiān bù kě cuī
  1. 1 invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
bēi cuī
  1. 1 grieved
  2. 2 miserable
cuī huǐ
  1. 1 to destroy
  2. 2 to wreck
wú jiān bù cuī
  1. 1 no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle
  2. 2 nothing one can't do
  3. 3 to carry everything before one

Idioms (1)

无坚不摧
wú jiān bù cuī
  1. 1 no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle
  2. 2 nothing one can't do
  3. 3 to carry everything before one

Sample Sentences

今朝风雨来摧残
jīnzhāo fēng yǔ lái cuīcán
Now the storms come to destroy you
来日风雨来摧毁
láirì fēng yǔ lái cuīhuǐ
Today the storms come to destroy you
所以,大家不要以为高科技都是很遥远的东西,它就是我们生活的一部分。比如麻省理工已经制造出一种血细胞大小的仪器,可以直接进入人体鉴定癌细胞,并摧毁它。
suǒyǐ ,dàjiā bùyào yǐwéi gāokējì dōu shì hěn yáoyuǎn de dōngxi ,tā jiù shì wǒmen shēnghuó de yībùfēn 。bǐrú Máshěnglǐgōng yǐjīng zhìzào chū yīzhǒng xuèxìbāo dàxiǎo de yíqì ,kěyǐ zhíjiē jìnrù réntǐ jiàndìng ái xìbāo ,bìng cuīhuǐ tā 。
So, everyone doesn't need to think of high technology as something distant. It's a part of our lives. For example, MIT has already created a machine the size of blood cells. It can enter directly into the body and identify a cancer cell, then destroy it.
他现在正在市中心,摧毁楼房、见人就吃。
tā xiànzài zhèngzài shì zhōngxīn ,cuīhuǐ lóufáng 、jiàn rén jiù chī 。
He is now downtown, destroying buildings, and eating anyone he sees.
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我编写了一套可以摧毁麒麟人防御系统的程序。如果你有办法潜入控制室,那我们就有希望逃出去了。但是这里部署了大量士兵,太危险了!
wǒ biānxiě le yītào kěyǐ cuīhuǐ qílínrén fángyù xìtǒng de chéngxù 。rúguǒ nǐ yǒu bànfǎ qiánrù kòngzhì shì ,nà wǒmen jiù yǒu xīwàng táo chūqù le 。dànshì zhèlǐ bùshǔ le dàliàng shìbīng ,tài wēixiǎn le !
I wrote a program that could destroy the Kirin-people's defense system. If you get a chance to slip into the Control Room, we'll have a chance of escaping. But they've stationed a lot of soldiers here. It's too dangerous!