瓦砾 (瓦礫)
wǎ lì
Pinyin

Definition

瓦砾 (瓦礫)
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wǎ lì
  1. rubble
  2. debris

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 (6)

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)
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
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

Sample Sentences

而无论后期再怎么补救，大量具备研究价值的文献资料、藏品已变为一片瓦砾，损失无法挽回。
ér wúlùn hòuqī zài zěnme bǔjiù ，dàliàng jùbèi yánjiū jiàzhí de wénxiàn zīliào 、cángpǐn yǐ biànwéi yī piàn wǎlì ，sǔnshī wúfǎ wǎnhuí 。
Regardless of how much is done later to salvage the loss , a large amount of literature and collections with research value have become rubble, and their loss cannot be recovered.
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