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解体

jiětǐ

to disintegrate; to break up

A tower of blocks falls apart into scattered pieces.
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解 jiě

Strokes
13
Radical
角 — angle, corner
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
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Example phrases

  • 如果核心价值被持续侵蚀,这个联盟即使形式上存在,也已经开始解体。 Rúguǒ héxīn jiàzhí bèi chíxù qīnshí, zhè ge liánméng jíshǐ xíngshì shàng cúnzài, yě yǐjīng kāishǐ jiětǐ. If its core values are continually eroded, the alliance has already begun to fall apart even if it still exists in form.
  • 那艘旧船在暴风雨中慢慢解体,沉入了海底。 Nà sōu jiù chuán zài bàofēngyǔ zhōng mànman jiětǐ, chénrù le hǎidǐ. That old ship slowly broke up in the storm and sank to the bottom of the sea.
  • 公司失去了所有客户,很快就解体了。 Gōngsī shīqù le suǒyǒu kèhù, hěn kuài jiù jiětǐ le. The company lost all its clients and soon fell apart.

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