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to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
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  *拆* | 拆* | *拆
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
HSK 5
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
HSK 6
to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits
to separate off / to hive off / a demerger
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
to disassemble
to break up into parts
to open (sth that has been sealed)
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
to demolish; to tear down
to dismantle / to take apart
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) / fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
to dismantle a machine / to terminate a telephone service
hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc)
call loan / short-term loan within banking
to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick
(theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans
demolition (of buildings for new project)
life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)
(slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)
to dismantle; to take apart
daily interest on a loan
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize
funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed
to break up (a marriage, family etc)
demolition of homes / to destroy homes (for new building projects)
to remove stitches (from a wound)
pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll
rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)


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