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毁坏

huǐ huài · hui huai

Traditional 毀壞

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to damage
  2. to devastate
  3. to vandalize
  4. damage
  5. destruction
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Garden damage

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，我(wǒ)种(zhǒng)的(de)花(huā)被(bèi)毁坏(huǐhuài)了(le)！

    Look, the flowers I planted were damaged!

  2. Dengdeng

    谁(shéi)毁坏(huǐhuài)的(de)？

    Who damaged them?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)觉得(juéde)是(shì)邻居(línjū)的(de)小狗(xiǎogǒu)。

    I think it was the neighbour's puppy.

  4. Dengdeng

    它(tā)没有(méiyǒu)毁坏(huǐhuài)，它(tā)在(zài)帮(bāng)你(nǐ)松土(sōngtǔ)。

    It did not damage them. It is loosening the soil for you.

  5. Liangliang

    松土(sōngtǔ)？它(tā)把(bǎ)花(huā)都(dōu)挖出来(wāchūlái)了(le)！

    Loosening? It dug all the flowers up!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

庙(miào)宇(yǔ)的(de)毁(huǐ)坏(huài)有(yǒu)一(yí)部(bù)分(fen)要(yào)归(guī)因(yīn)于(yú)酸(suān)雨(yǔ)。

The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

暴(bào)风(fēng)雨(yǔ)毁(huǐ)坏(huài)了(le)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)座(zuò)房(fáng)屋(wū)，居(jū)民(mín)们(men)只(zhǐ)好(hǎo)暂(zàn)时(shí)搬(bān)走(zǒu)。

The storm damaged several houses, so the residents had to move out temporarily.

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