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摧残 (摧殘)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

摧残 [cuīcán]
  1. 1. verb destroy

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

摧残 [cuīcán]
  1. 1. wreck; destroy; devastate;abuse
    摧残民主
    trample on democracy
    他的身体受到严重的摧残
    His health was ruined.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

摧残 [cuīcán]
  1. 1. 使遭受严重损害
    她被匪徒摧残得精神失常
    果树遭受了冰雹的摧残

Examples

摧残民主
trample on democracy
雏妓这个职业是对女孩子极度的摧残
Prostitution is a profession that devastates the lives of young women.
摧残
果树遭受了冰雹的摧残
Frost nipped the plants.
花木被霜摧残
This place looks like it spends most of the year being ravaged by polar weather.
看上去这个地方一年大多数时候都饱受极地气候的摧残
The war torn city has been brought to destruction.
战争摧残过的城市被彻底毁灭了。
For a country which has been disabled by a generation of violence,forgetting may be impossible.
对于一个被暴力的一代摧残的体无完肤的国家而言,忘却是不可能的。

Collocations

饱受摧残
be knocked about
精神摧残
severe spiritual damage
严重摧残
damage heavily
风雨摧残
destroyed by trials and hardships
摧残生命
destroy one's life
摧残折磨
destroy and tolerate
摧残致死
destroy to death

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