散架

sànjià

verb #20,890

Meanings

1 to fall apart
2 to come apart at the seams
3 to be exhausted

Characters

to scatter; to come apart

frame; rack; structure

Examples

这把旧椅子快散架了。

Zhè bǎ jiù yǐzi kuài sànjià le.

This old chair is about to fall apart.

跑完马拉松，我整个人都散架了。

Pǎo wán mǎlāsōng, wǒ zhěnggè rén dōu sànjià le.

After finishing the marathon, I was completely falling apart.

Tips

usage

散架 describes both literal disintegration (a piece of furniture breaking apart) and the colloquial feeling of total exhaustion - when your body feels like it has 'come apart'. Very common in informal speech.

Stroke Order

散 sàn

架 jià