断瓦残垣 (斷瓦殘垣)
duàn wǎ cán yuán
Pinyin

Definition

断瓦残垣 (斷瓦殘垣)
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duàn wǎ cán yuán
  1. the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

瓦
wǎ
  1. 1 roof tile
  2. 2 abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ tè]
瓦解
wǎ jiě
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to disintegrate
  3. 3 to crumble
兆瓦
zhào wǎ
  1. 1 megawatt
切格瓦拉
Qiè Gé wǎ lā
  1. 1 Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), Cuban Revolution leader
千瓦
qiān wǎ
  1. 1 kilowatt (unit of electric power)

Idioms (8)

三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
  1. 1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
  2. 2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
残垣断壁
cán yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
  1. 1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's bit to help