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拆

chāi · chai

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Meaning

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  1. to tear open
  2. to tear down
  3. to tear apart
  4. to open
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  1. Dengdeng

    快递(kuàidì)到(dào)了(le)，我(wǒ)来(lái)拆(chāi)！

    The package is here. I'll open it!

  2. Liangliang

    里面(lǐmiàn)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    What's inside?

  3. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)盒子(hézi)拆(chāi)不(bù)开(kāi)，你(nǐ)有(yǒu)剪刀(jiǎndāo)吗(ma)？

    I can't open this box. Do you have scissors?

  4. Liangliang

    给(gěi)你(nǐ)。拆(chāi)好(hǎo)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Here. Is it open now?

  5. Dengdeng

    里面(lǐmiàn)还(hái)有(yǒu)一个(yīgè)盒子(hézi)！还(hái)要(yào)再(zài)拆(chāi)！

    There's another box inside! I have to open that too!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)不(bú)就(jiù)是(shì)拆(chāi)了(le)东(dōng)墙(qiáng)补(bǔ)西(xī)墙(qiáng)吗(ma)？

Isn't this just tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall?

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

02

他(tā)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)地(de)拆(chāi)开(kāi)了(le)那(nà)个(ge)旧(jiù)包(bāo)裹(guǒ)。

He carefully opened that old package.

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