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毁掉

毀掉
huǐdiào
verb #8,941

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
他把证据都毁掉了。
Tā bǎ zhèngjù dōu huǐdiào le.
He destroyed all the evidence.
HSK 4
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.
HSK 7-9
大火毁掉了整栋楼。
Dàhuǒ huǐdiào le zhěng dòng lóu.
The fire destroyed the entire building.

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