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拆毁

chāi huǐ

2-character word Traditional 拆毀

What 拆毁 means

1. to demolish; to tear down

The characters in 拆毁

• 拆chāito tear open; to tear down; to tear apart
• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander

Example sentences

• 我们以前住的房子被拆毁了。
  Wǒmen yǐqián zhù de fángzi bèi chāihuǐ le.
  The house in which we lived was torn down.
• 二十世纪中以后，北京胡同的数量显著地下降，因为人们把它们拆毁以便给新的楼房和街路让路。
  èrshíshìjì zhōng yǐhòu, Běijīng hútòng de shùliàng xiǎnzhù dìxià jiàng, yīnwèi rénmen bǎ tāmen chāihuǐ yǐbiàn gěi xīn de lóufáng hé jiē lù rànglù.
  Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.
• 二十世纪中以后，北京胡同的数量显着地下降，因为人们把它们拆毁以便给新的楼房和街路让路。
  Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.