毁坏

huǐ huài · hui huai

Traditional 毀壞

Meaning

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  1. to damage
  2. to devastate
  3. to vandalize
  4. damage
  5. destruction

In a sentence

2 examples
01

庙(miào)宇(yǔ)的(de)毁(huǐ)坏(huài)有(yǒu)一(yí)部(bù)分(fen)要(yào)归(guī)因(yīn)于(yú)酸(suān)雨(yǔ)。

The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

暴(bào)风(fēng)雨(yǔ)毁(huǐ)坏(huài)了(le)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)座(zuò)房(fáng)屋(wū),居(jū)民(mín)们(men)只(zhǐ)好(hǎo)暂(zàn)时(shí)搬(bān)走(zǒu)。

The storm damaged several houses, so the residents had to move out temporarily.

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