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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

塌 [tā]
  1. 1. verb [倒塌] collapse
  2. 2. verb [凹下] sink
    他瘦得连双颊都塌下去了。
    He's got so thin that even his cheeks are sunken.
  3. 3. verb [安定] settle down

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

塌 [tā]
  1. 1. verb collapse; fall down; cave in
    墙塌了。
    The wall collapsed.
    地震的时候塌了几间房。
    Several houses collapsed during the earthquake.
    没什么好怕的，天不会塌下来。
    There's nothing to be afraid of. The sky won't fall down.
    地动山摇，墙倒屋塌。
    这栋楼还没建好就塌了。
    她听到丈夫出事的消息后，感到天好像塌了下来。
  2. 2. verb sink; droop
    塌鼻梁
    a flat nose
    花儿晒塌秧了。
    The flowers drooped in the hot sun.
    她虽然鼻子有点塌，但是并不难看。
    骄阳似火，庄稼叶子都被晒塌了。
  3. 3. verb calm down; settle down
    塌下心去
    set one's mind at ease; settle down to (work, etc.)
    他不理会窗外嬉玩吵闹的伙伴们，塌下心来写作业。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

塌 [tā]
  1. 1. 动 坍塌
    土墙塌了。
    戏台塌了半边。
    倒塌。
    塌方。
  2. 2. 动 凹陷
    眼窝塌下去了。
    塌鼻梁。
  3. 3. 动 下垂;耷拉
    庄稼都晒塌了秧。
  4. 4. 动 使安定
    塌不下心来。
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Examples

地震的时候塌了几间房。
Several houses collapsed during the earthquake. → 塌
没什么好怕的，天不会塌下来。
There's nothing to be afraid of. The sky won't fall down. → 塌
这栋楼还没建好就塌了。 → 塌
她听到丈夫出事的消息后，感到天好像塌了下来。 → 塌
她虽然鼻子有点塌，但是并不难看。 → 塌
房子眼见得就要塌了。 → 眼见得
大坝塌了, 江水狂泻下来, 势不可挡。
The dam collapsed, and the water plummeted irresistibly. → 狂泻
他瘦得连双颊都塌下去了。
He's got so thin that even his cheeks are sunken. → 塌
土墙塌了。 → 塌
戏台塌了半边。 → 塌
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Character Decomposition

土
[tǔ]		 + 日
[rì]		 + 羽
[yǔ]

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