chāi
to tear open
to tear down
to tear apart
to open
chāi sàn
to break up (a marriage, family etc)
chāi chú
to tear down
to demolish
to dismantle
to remove
chāi qiān
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
chāi kāi
to dismantle
to disassemble
to open up (sth sealed)
to unpick
chāi chuān
to expose
to unmask
to see through (a lie etc)
chāi xià
to dismantle
to take apart
chāi fēn
separate
broken up into separate items
chāi xiàn
to remove stitches (from a wound)
fèn chāi
to separate off
to hive off
a demerger
chāi xǐ
to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
tóng yè chāi jiè
call loan
short-term loan within banking
chāi tái
to undermine
destructive spoiling
chāi zì
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
qīng chāi
demolition (of buildings for new project)
dǎng chāi
pick and roll (basketball)
screen and roll
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
Rob Peter to pay Paul
Tuō lǐ chāi lì
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
chāi yòng
to tear down and reuse
to cannibalize
chāi zhàng
to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits
chāi dōng bǔ xī
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
Rob Peter to pay Paul
chāi fàng kuǎn
funds on call
invested sum that can be cashed
qīng chāi hù
demolition of homes
to destroy homes (for new building projects)
Tuō lǐ chāi lì
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
chāi jī
to dismantle a machine
to terminate a telephone service
jiān zhāo chāi zhāo
to counter every move
to be full of tricks
guò hé chāi qiáo
lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
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