They will tear down the old building in two days.
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拆除
chāi chú
HSK 3.0 · 5
chāi chú · caak3 ceoi4 (Jyutping)
- to tear down
- to demolish
- to dismantle
- to remove
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Character breakdown
拆
- Meaning
- to break up, split apart, rip open; to destroy
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰扌斥
- Cangjie
- QHMY
- Four-corner
- 5203.1
除
- Meaning
- eliminate, remove, except
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰阝余
- Cangjie
- NLOMD
- Four-corner
- 7829.4
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Example sentences
Nobody's going to shed any tears if that old building gets torn down.
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