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毁坏

huǐ huài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 毀壞

毁坏 (huǐ huài) means "to damage; to devastate; to vandalize". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 毁坏 means

1. to damage
2. to devastate
3. to vandalize
4. damage
5. destruction

The characters in 毁坏

• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
• 坏huàibad; spoiled; broken

Example sentences

• 这个国家被长期的战争毁坏了。
  Zhège guójiā bèi chángqī de zhànzhēng huǐhuài le.
  The country had been devastated by long war.
• 庙宇的毁坏有一部分要归因于酸雨。
  Miàoyǔ de huǐhuài yǒu yī bùfen yào guīyīn yú suānyǔ.
  The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.
• 他践踏那箱易碎品，毁坏了里面的物品。
  He stomped on the fragile box, destroying its contents.

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