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断垣残壁 (duàn yuán cán bì): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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断垣残壁 (duàn yuán cán bì): Broken walls and ruins — Meaning & Stroke Order

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断垣残壁 consists of 4 characters.

incomplete, damaged, or cruel

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Pinyinduàn yuán cán bì

Meaningbroken walls and ruins

Characters4

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Word断垣残壁

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Example Sentences with 断垣残壁

Dì地

zhèn震

hòu后

，

zhè这

lǐ里

zhǐ只

shèng剩

xià下

duàn断

yuán垣

cán残

bì壁

。

After the earthquake, only broken walls and ruins remained here.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 断垣残壁.

Words with 断

判断pàn duànHSK 4
不断bú duànHSK 5
打断dǎ duànHSK 5
诊断zhěn duànHSK 5
中断zhōng duànHSK 6
垄断lǒng duànHSK 6
断定duàn dìngHSK 6
断绝duàn juéHSK 6

Words with 垣

城垣chéng yuán
墙垣qiáng yuán
宸垣chényuán
颓垣断壁tuí yuán duàn bì

Words with 残

摧残cuī cánHSK 6
残忍cán rěnHSK 6
残留cán liúHSK 6
残疾cán jíHSK 6
残酷cán kùHSK 6
伤残shāng cánHSK 7-9
凶残xiōng cánHSK 7-9
残缺

Words with 壁

隔壁gé bìHSK 5
墙壁qiáng bìHSK 6
悬崖峭壁xuán yá qiào bìHSK 6
壁垒bì lěiHSK 7-9
壁画bì huàHSK 7-9
戈壁gē bìHSK 7-9
颓垣断壁tuí yuán duàn bì

cán quē

HSK 7-9