🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

拆除

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chāichú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
demolish/dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"市政府决定拆除那座旧体育馆。"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To pull down or destroy a building or other structure completely.

    "The old factory was demolished to make way for a new shopping mall."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French demoliss-, stem of demolir, from Latin demoliri, from de- 'down, away' + moliri 'build, construct' (from moles 'mass').

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