day 189breaking down
unit 25 · taste, talent and admirationbreaking down
Talk about things breaking, wearing out, stalling and being saved, and recycle mood adverbs (偏偏, 幸亏, 索性, 不妨, 难怪) and carrying on without repeating the subject.
today’s words
- 崩溃 bēngkuì · to collapse; to break down
- 瓦解 wǎjiě · to disintegrate, collapse
- 解体 jiětǐ · to break up, disintegrate
- 垮 kuǎ · to collapse; to break down
- 塌 tā · to collapse, cave in
- 倾倒 qīngdǎo · to topple, collapse; to pour out
- 断裂 duànliè · to break, snap
- 裂 liè · to split, crack
- 破碎 pòsuì · broken, smashed to pieces
- 破灭 pòmiè · to be shattered (hopes, dreams)
- 毁 huǐ · to ruin, destroy
- 毁坏 huǐhuài · to damage
- 毁灭 huǐmiè · to destroy completely
- 摧残 cuīcán · to wreck, devastate
- 糟蹋 zāotà · to waste, spoil
- 磨损 mósǔn · to wear out, abrade
- 报废 bàofèi · to scrap, write off
- 作废 zuòfèi · to be void, invalid
- 失效 shīxiào · to lose effect, expire
- 残 cán · damaged, incomplete
- 残留 cánliú · to remain, be left over
- 腐朽 fǔxiǔ · rotten, decayed
- 老化 lǎohuà · to age, deteriorate
- 僵化 jiānghuà · rigid, ossified
- 固化 gùhuà · to solidify, become fixed
- 停滞 tíngzhì · to stagnate
- 停顿 tíngdùn · to pause, halt
- 滞后 zhìhòu · to lag behind
- 迟缓 chíhuǎn · slow, sluggish
- 搁浅 gēqiǎn · to run aground; to be stalled
- 搁置 gēzhì · to shelve, put aside
- 闲置 xiánzhì · to lie idle, be unused
- 埋没 máimò · to bury, stifle (talent)
- 抹杀 mǒshā · to obliterate, deny
- 销毁 xiāohuǐ · to destroy (documents, goods)
sentences
- 电脑突然崩溃了。 · The computer suddenly crashed.
- 后面的旧墙塌了一块。 · Part of the old wall at the back has collapsed.
- 这台打印机已经报废了。 · This printer has been written off.
- 这件事先搁置一下。 · Let’s put this aside for now.
- 别糟蹋粮食。 · Don’t waste food.