塌
Definitions
- 1. to collapse
- 2. to droop
- 3. to settle down
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Collocations
塌 commonly combines with 下 or 陷 to form verbs like 塌下 (collapse down) and 塌陷 (cave in).
Common mistakes
Learners often confuse 塌 (collapse) with 蹋 (trample); note the radical: 土 (earth) for collapse.
Example Sentences
2 shown那座老房子昨天突然 塌 了。
會 塌 的。
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Words Containing 塌
muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
to collapse (of building)
to be hell-bent on
to collapse
to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
to collapse
(neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal
to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
to collapse
Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard)
to collapse
to subside
talus slide
to cause (a dam) to collapse
rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
to collapse