Definition & Meaning

collapse; fall from power

Word usage

kuǎ tái

垮 台

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v.metacollapse; fall from power
- chè dǐ kuǎ tái
  彻底垮台
  completely collapse
- jì huà yǐ jīng kuǎ tái
  计划已经垮台。
  The plan has collapsed.
- yǔ rén mín wéi dí de rén shì yào kuǎ tái de
  与人民为敌的人是要垮台的。
  Those who oppose the people will surely come to grief.
- tā de zhèng fǔ hěn kuài jiù kuǎ tái le
  他的政府很快就垮台了。
  His government fell overnight.
- zhèng fǔ de kuǎ tái shǐ guó jiā xiàn rù hùn luàn
  政府的垮台使国家陷入混乱。
  The collapse of the government left the country in chaos.
- gōng sī de kuǎ tái yǔ yè zhǔ de sǐ wáng tóng shí fā shēng
  公司的垮台与业主的死亡同时发生。
  The collapse of the company was contemporaneous with the death of the owner.
- tā de zhèng fǔ zuì zhōng kuǎ tái
  她的政府最终垮台。
  Her government finally collapsed.
synonym
dǎo tái倒台 tān tái坍台 tā tái塌台

Word usage

Separable word
"垮" and "台" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 那家公司已经垮了台。
  That company has collapsed.
- 只要齐心合力，我们就垮不了台。
  As long as we work together, we won’t collapse.
- 这届政府是怎么垮的台？
  How did the government collapse?

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