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- (slang) low-level drug dealer
- (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)
Trad. 拆臺
- (theater) to dismantle the stage
- (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans
Trad. 清拆戶
- demolition of homes
- to destroy homes (for new building projects)
Trad. 拆魚羹
- hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德[Shun4 de2]
Trad. 過河拆橋
- lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
- fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
- Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
Trad. 見招拆招
- to counter every move
- to be full of tricks
Trad. 同業拆借
- call loan
- short-term loan within banking
Trad. 拆東補西
- lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
- Rob Peter to pay Paul
Trad. 人艱不拆
- life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)
Trad. 拆東牆補西牆
- lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying)
- fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul