瓦 wǎ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 瓦 — tile
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
瓦解
wǎjiě
to collapse; to disintegrate; to break down
Characters in this word
解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 长期的内部矛盾最终瓦解了这个看似稳定的联盟。 Chángqī de nèibù máodùn zuìzhōng wǎjiě le zhè ge kànsì wěndìng de liánméng. Long-standing internal contradictions eventually broke down this seemingly stable alliance.
- 在朋友们的劝说下，他的防备心慢慢瓦解了。 Zài péngyoumen de quànshuō xià, tā de fángbèi xīn mànmàn wǎjiě le. Under his friends' persuasion, his wariness slowly crumbled.
- 公司一宣布倒闭，整个团队立刻瓦解。 Gōngsī yī xuānbù dǎobì, zhěng gè tuánduì lìkè wǎjiě. As soon as the company announced bankruptcy, the whole team fell apart at once.
Related words
- 瓦 wǎ tile
- 解决 jiějué to solve
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 解释 jiěshì to explain; explanation
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about
- 分解 fēnjiě to break down; to decompose
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand