断瓦残垣
duàn wǎ cán yuán
Pinyin

Definition

断瓦残垣
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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)
哈瓦那
Hā wǎ nà
  1. 1 Havana, capital of Cuba
图瓦卢
Tú wǎ lú
  1. 1 Tuvalu
土崩瓦解
tǔ bēng wǎ jiě
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to fall apart
城垣
chéng yuán
  1. 1 city wall
摩尔多瓦
Mó ěr duō wǎ
  1. 1 Moldova
  2. 2 Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania
施瓦辛格
Shī wǎ xīn gé
  1. 1 Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
日内瓦
Rì nèi wǎ
  1. 1 Geneva, Switzerland
残垣
cán yuán
  1. 1 (literary) ruined walls
  2. 2 ruins
残垣断壁
cán yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
泥瓦匠
ní wǎ jiàng
  1. 1 bricklayer
  2. 2 tiler
  3. 3 mason
涅瓦河
Niè wǎ Hé
  1. 1 Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
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
琉璃瓦
liú lí wǎ
  1. 1 glazed roof tile
瓦亮
wǎ liàng
  1. 1 shiny
  2. 2 very bright
瓦努阿图
Wǎ nǔ ā tú
  1. 1 Vanuatu in south pacific (formerly New Hebrides)

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
颓垣断壁
tuí yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
风中烛，瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble
  3. 3 hanging on a thread
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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