土崩瓦解

tǔbēng-wǎjiě
idiom #27,063

Meanings

  1. 1 to collapse completely
  2. 2 to fall apart
  3. 3 to crumble (like earth and tiles)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Díjūn zài qiángdà de gōngshì xià tǔbēng-wǎjiě.
The enemy forces collapsed completely under the powerful offensive.
HSK 7-9
Tā jīngxīn jiànlì de shāngyè dìguó yī yè zhījiān tǔbēng-wǎjiě.
The business empire he had carefully built collapsed overnight.

Tips

memory
Picture earth () crumbling () and roof tiles () shattering () - a building in total ruin. This vivid image captures the sense of complete and irreversible collapse.

Stroke Order

bēng
jiě