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倒塌

dǎo tā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

倒塌 (dǎo tā) means "to collapse (of building); to topple over". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 倒塌 means

1. to collapse (of building)
2. to topple over

The characters in 倒塌

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 塌tāto collapse; to droop; to settle down

Example sentences

• 桥在重压之下倒塌了。
  Qiáo zài zhòngyā zhīxià dǎotā le.
  The bridge crashed under the pressure.
• 开罗的一栋大楼倒塌了。
  Kāiluó de yī dòng dàlóu dǎotā le.
  A building collapsed in Cairo.
• 若有大地震，房屋会倒塌呀！
  Ruò yǒu dàdì zhèn, fángwū huì dǎotā ya!
  If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
• 里约热内卢的一条自行车道倒塌了。
  A bike path collapsed in Rio.
• 里约热内卢的一条海边的高架自行车道倒塌了。
  An elevated seaside bike path collapsed in Rio.
• 当里约热内卢的一条高架自行车道倒塌时，有2人被砸死了。
  Dāng Lǐyuērènèilú de yī tiáo gāojià zìxíngchē dào dǎotā shí, yǒu 2 rén bèi zásǐ le.
  Two persons were killed when an elevated bike path collapsed in Rio.

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