毁掉

毀掉

huǐdiào

verb #8,941

Meanings

1 to destroy; to ruin
2 to wreck; to demolish

Characters

to destroy; to damage

to fall; away (resultative complement)

Examples

大火毁掉了整栋楼。

Dàhuǒ huǐdiào le zhěng dòng lóu.

The fire destroyed the entire building.

别让一次失败毁掉你的信心。

Bié ràng yī cì shībài huǐdiào nǐ de xìnxīn.

Don't let one failure destroy your confidence.

他把证据都毁掉了。

Tā bǎ zhèngjù dōu huǐdiào le.

He destroyed all the evidence.

Tips

grammar

掉 is a resultative complement indicating completion or removal. 毁掉 = destroy completely. Compare: 毁坏 (damage, not necessarily total), 毁灭 (annihilate, more dramatic/literary).

Stroke Order

毁 huǐ

掉 diào