垮台

垮臺

kuǎtái

verb #19,563

Meanings

1 to collapse
2 to fall from power
3 to break down

Characters

to collapse; to crumble

platform; stage

Examples

腐败的政权终将垮台。

Fǔbài de zhèngquán zhōngjiāng kuǎtái.

A corrupt regime will eventually collapse.

那家公司因为经营不善而垮台了。

Nà jiā gōngsī yīnwèi jīngyíng bùshàn ér kuǎtái le.

That company collapsed due to poor management.

Tips

memory

垮 means to collapse/crumble and 台 means platform/stage. Picture someone's stage (position of power) crumbling beneath them.

Stroke Order

垮 kuǎ

台 tái