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HSK
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 disassemble
to open (sth that has been sealed)
to dismantle; to take apart
to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick
daily interest on a loan
to remove stitches (from a wound)
to demolish; to tear down
to expose / to unmask / to see through (a lie etc)
to tear down and reuse / to cannibalize
to break up (a marriage, family etc)
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
to dismantle / to take apart
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
to dismantle a machine / to terminate a telephone service
(slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)
(theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans
to break up into parts
to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits
funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed
lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul
hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德


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