撕毁 (sī huǐ) — to tear up; to shred

Definition

verb
to tear upto shred

Examples

  • 撕毁。
    Tā bǎ nà fèn hé tong sī huǐ le.
    He tore up that contract.
  • 撕毁。
    Fèn nù de qún zhòng bǎ dí rén de qí zhì sī huǐ le.
    The angry crowd tore up the enemy's flag.
  • 撕毁，。
    Qǐng bǎ nà xiē jiù wén jiàn sī huǐ, bú yào liú xià hén jì.
    Please shred those old documents and leave no trace.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

撕sītear
毁huǐdestroy

'撕' gives tearing, and '毁' adds the result of being ruined.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 毀; 毁 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 毀 combines 臼 (cracked skull), 工 (tool), and 殳 (hand action) as a man being hit in the head; this explanation is about 毀, not the simplified 毁.

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