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垮

kuǎ · kua

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to collapse (lit. or fig.)
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Too tired to go on

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)走(zǒu)了(le)两万步(liǎngwànbù)，快(kuài)累垮(lèikuǎ)了(le)。

    I walked twenty thousand steps today. I am about to collapse.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)别(bié)垮(kuǎ)啊(a)，前面(qiánmiàn)就是(jiùshì)饭馆(fànguǎn)。

    Do not collapse. The restaurant is just ahead.

  3. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？还有(háiyǒu)多远(duōyuǎn)？

    Really? How far is it?

  4. Dengdeng

    五百米(wǔbǎimǐ)。

    Five hundred metres.

  5. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)撑到(chēngdào)饭馆(fànguǎn)再(zài)垮(kuǎ)。

    OK, I will hold on until the restaurant, then collapse.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)堵(dǔ)旧(jiù)墙(qiáng)在(zài)暴(bào)雨(yǔ)中(zhōng)垮(kuǎ)了(le)。

That old wall collapsed in the heavy rain.

02

连(lián)续(xù)加(jiā)班(bān)让(ràng)他(tā)身(shēn)体(tǐ)垮(kuǎ)了(le)。

Working overtime continuously broke down his health.

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