Translation

• to tear open
• to tear down
• to tear apart
• to open

Synonyms

• 拆卸, 拆开, 拆散, 拆毁, 拆线, 拆解, 拆迁, 拆除
• 上解, 便溺, 净手, 大小便, 屙, 更衣, 解手

Examples

• 过河拆桥。
  Danger past, God forgotten.
• 我们以前住的房子被拆毁了。
  The house in which we lived was torn down.
• 他们趁炸弹还没有爆炸的时候就把它拆掉了。
  They defused the bomb before it could blow up.
• 二十世纪中以后，北京胡同的数量显著地下降，因为人们把它们拆毁以便
  Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.