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Character Decomposition
拆=扌+斥
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to tear open
to tear down
to tear apart
to open
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Words with 拆 82 total
to tear down · to demolish · to dismantle · to remove拆除chāi chúto expose · to unmask · to see through (a lie etc)拆穿chāi chuānto demolish; to tear down拆毁chāi huǐto make (or take out) a short-term loan拆借chāi jièto dismantle · to disassemble · to open up (sth sealed) · to unpick拆开chāi kāito demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants拆迁chāi qiānto break up (a marriage, family etc)拆散chāi sàn(theater) to dismantle the stage · (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans拆台chāi táidaily interest on a loan拆息chāi xīto unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)拆洗chāi xǐfortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters拆字chāi zìto separate off · to hive off · a demerger分拆fèn chāito dismantle · to take apart拆下chāi xiàto break up into parts拆分chāi fēnto dismantle; to take apart拆卸chāi xiè(slang) low-level drug dealer · (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)拆家chāi jiāto open (sth that has been sealed)拆封chāi fēngto dismantle a machine · to terminate a telephone service拆机chāi jīto tear down and reuse · to cannibalize拆用chāi yòngto remove stitches (from a wound)拆线chāi xiànto disassemble拆解chāi jiěto work in an enterprise for a share of the profits拆账chāi zhàngpick and roll (basketball) · screen and roll挡拆dǎng chāidemolition (of buildings for new project)清拆qīng chāi
Idioms with 拆 8 total Chain
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient · Rob Peter to pay Paul拆东补西chāi dōng bǔ xī(lit.) to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying) · (fig.) to rob Peter to pay Paul拆东墙补西墙chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng(lit.) to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) · (fig.) to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal过河拆桥guò hé chāi qiáo
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