瓦砾 (wǎ) — rubble; debris; (figurative) worthless things

Definition

Examples

• 地震后，城市变成了一片瓦砾。
  Dì zhèn hòu, chéng shì biàn chéng le yí piàn wǎ.
  After the earthquake, the city turned into a field of rubble.
• 他从瓦砾中找出了几件有用的东西。
  Tā cóng wǎ zhōng zhǎo chū le jǐ jiàn yǒu yòng de dōng xī.
  He found a few useful items from the debris.
• 这些旧书对他来说就是瓦砾，毫无价值。
  Zhè xiē jiù shū duì tā lái shuō jiù shì wǎ, háo wú jià zhí.
  These old books are worthless rubble to him, completely without value.