Definition
散架 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to fall apart' — literally for objects and figuratively for a person's body when exhausted. The verb 散 can take aspect markers like 了 or 过, and the object 架 can be separated by measure words or complements: e.g. 散了架 ('has fallen apart') or 散过一次架 ('fell apart once').
v.o.
(for objects) to fall apartto disintegrate(for a person) to feel utterly exhaustedto collapse
Examples
- 散架，。Zhè bǎ yǐzi yǐjīng sǎn jià le, bù néng zài zuò le.This chair has already fallen apart; it can't be sat on anymore.
- ，。Wǒ zuótiān bān le yì zhěng tiān dōngxi, lèi de gǔtou dōu kuài sàn le jià.Yesterday I moved things all day, and I was so tired my bones were about to fall apart.
- ，散架。Liánxù gōngzuò shí jǐ gè xiǎoshí, wǒ gǎnjué zìjǐ kuài yào sǎn jià le.After working continuously for over ten hours, I feel like I'm about to collapse.
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