拆台
chāi tái
Pinyin

Definition

拆台
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chāi tái
  1. (theater) to dismantle the stage
  2. (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet
  3. to undermine sb's plans

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拆
chāi
  1. 1 to tear open
  2. 2 to tear down
  3. 3 to tear apart
  4. 4 to open
拆卸
chāi xiè
  1. 1 to unload
  2. 2 to dismantle
拆散
chāi sàn
  1. 1 to break up (a marriage, family etc)
拆穿
chāi chuān
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to unmask
  3. 3 to see through (a lie etc)
拆线
chāi xiàn
  1. 1 to remove stitches (from a wound)
拆迁
chāi qiān
  1. 1 to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
拆开
chāi kāi
  1. 1 to dismantle
  2. 2 to disassemble
  3. 3 to open up (sth sealed)
  4. 4 to unpick
拆除
chāi chú
  1. 1 to tear down
  2. 2 to demolish
  3. 3 to dismantle
  4. 4 to remove
分拆
fèn chāi
  1. 1 to separate off
  2. 2 to hive off
  3. 3 a demerger
拆下
chāi xià
  1. 1 to dismantle
  2. 2 to take apart
拆借
chāi jiè
  1. 1 short-term loan
拆分
chāi fēn
  1. 1 to break up into parts
拆字
chāi zì
  1. 1 fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆机
chāi jī
  1. 1 to dismantle a machine
  2. 2 to terminate a telephone service
拆毁
chāi huǐ
  1. 1 to dismantle
  2. 2 to demolish
拆洗
chāi xǐ
  1. 1 to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
拆台
chāi tái
  1. 1 (theater) to dismantle the stage
  2. 2 (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet
  3. 3 to undermine sb's plans
拆解
chāi jiě
  1. 1 to disassemble
挡拆
dǎng chāi
  1. 1 pick and roll (basketball)
  2. 2 screen and roll

Idioms (4)

宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
  1. 1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
过河拆桥
guò hé chāi qiáo
  1. 1 lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal

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