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崩溃

bēng kuì · beng kui

Traditional 崩潰

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
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Phone storage full

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)要(yào)崩溃(bēngkuì)了(le)！手机(shǒujī)又(yòu)说(shuō)内存(nèicún)不足(bùzú)。

    I’m going to break down! My phone says the storage is full again.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)有(yǒu)多少(duōshao)张(zhāng)照片(zhàopiàn)？

    How many photos do you have?

  3. Liangliang

    一万(yīwàn)张(zhāng)，有(yǒu)八千(bāqiān)张(zhāng)是(shì)天空(tiānkōng)。

    Ten thousand, and eight thousand of them are the sky.

  4. Dengdeng

    删掉(shāndiào)一些(yīxiē)，你(nǐ)就(jiù)不会(bùhuì)崩溃(bēngkuì)了(le)。

    Delete some and you won’t break down.

  5. Liangliang

    不行(bùxíng)！每张(měizhāng)天空(tiānkōng)都(dōu)不一样(bùyīyàng)。

    No way! Every sky photo is different.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)就(jiù)继续(jìxù)崩溃(bēngkuì)吧(ba)。

    Then keep breaking down.

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2 examples
01

为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)电(diàn)脑(nǎo)一(yì)跑(pǎo)程(chéng)序(xù)，就(jiù)崩(bēng)溃(kuì)？还(hái)不(bú)是(shì)因(yīn)为(wèi)我(wǒ)没(méi)钱(qián)买(mǎi)好(hǎo)电(diàn)脑(nǎo)。

Why does the computer crash every time I run a program? Simply because I can't afford a good computer.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)那(nà)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi)，她(tā)一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)崩(bēng)溃(kuì)了(le)，坐(zuò)在(zài)地(dì)上(shang)哭(kū)了(le)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

Hearing that news, she suddenly broke down and sat on the ground crying.

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