瓦解
wǎ jiě
Pinyin

Definition

瓦解
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wǎ jiě
  1. to collapse
  2. to disintegrate
  3. to crumble

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
huǎn jiě
  1. 1 to bring relief
  2. 2 to alleviate (a crisis)
  3. 3 to dull (a pain)
Xiè
  1. 1 surname Xie
jiě fàng
  1. 1 to liberate
  2. 2 to emancipate
  3. 3 liberation
  4. 4 refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì

Idioms (20)

一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
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
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
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)
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)