重建 (chóng jiàn) — to rebuild, to reconstruct (buildings, relationships, systems)
Definition
重建 means to rebuild something that has been damaged or broken — physical things like cities, or abstract things like trust and teams. It implies starting from ruin, unlike 维护 which means to maintain what already works.
verb
to rebuildto reconstruct (buildings, relationships, systems)
Examples
- ，重建。Dì zhèn zhī hòu, tā men yòng le sān nián shí jiān chóng jiàn chéng shì.After the earthquake, they spent three years rebuilding the city.
- 重建。Tā men liǎng gè zhèng zài nǔ lì chóng jiàn yǒu yì.The two of them are working hard to rebuild their friendship.
- ，重建。Gōng sī pò chǎn hòu, lǎo bǎn jué dìng chóng jiàn tuán duì.After the company went bankrupt, the boss decided to rebuild the team.
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