土崩瓦解

tǔbēng-wǎjiě

idiom #27,063

Meanings

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

Characters

earth; soil; land

to collapse; to crumble; to burst

roof tile; ceramic

to break apart; to solve; to untie

Examples

HSK 7-9

敌军在强大的攻势下土崩瓦解。

Díjūn zài qiángdà de gōngshì xià tǔbēng-wǎjiě.

The enemy forces collapsed completely under the powerful offensive.

HSK 7-9

他精心建立的商业帝国一夜之间土崩瓦解。

Tā jīngxīn jiànlì de shāngyè dìguó yī yè zhījiān tǔbēng-wǎjiě.

The business empire he had carefully built collapsed overnight.

Tips

memory

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

Stroke Order

土 tǔ

崩 bēng

瓦 wǎ

解 jiě