拆chāi

 ❶ （把合在一起的东西打开） tear open;take apart: ～ 机器 disassemble a machine;take a machine apart;strip a machine；～ 信 open a letter
❷ (拆毁；拆除) pull down;dismantle;unknit: ～ 房子 pull down a house；～ 桥 dismantle a bridge；～ 帐篷 strike tents；
把旧毛衣 ～ 了重新织一下 unravel an old sweater and reknit it；～ 房容易盖房难。 It is easier to pull down than to build up.
另见 see also cā。
◆拆白 [方] swindle；
拆白党 [旧] swindlers；
拆除 demolish;dismantle;remove;pull down；
拆穿 expose;see through;unmask;lay bare；
拆掉 take down；
拆东墙，补西墙 tear down the east wall to repair the west wall — to resort to a makeshift solution;mend the west wall by tearing down the east wall;pulling down a wall in the east for bricks to build a wall in the west;reinforce one place at the expense of another;rob one's belly to cover one's back;try very hard to make ends meet；
拆毁 demolish;dismantle;destroy;break [pull;tear;knock] down;{土} demolition；
拆伙 (break up) dissolve a partnership;part company；
拆开 disconnect;unpack;decollate;break up;take apart;open;separate;disas￣sembly;disconnecting;disconnection;uncoupling；
拆卖 separate (a set of furniture) and sell；
拆迁 remove;have one's house [apartment building] pulled down [dismantled] and move out；
拆迁户 the household of being pulled down and moving to another；
拆墙脚 undermine;pull away a prop;cut the ground from under sb.'s feet;spoil sb.'s little game；
拆散 ([chāi sǎn]) break (a set);deleave;decollate;dismounting;dismemberment;dismantling;disassembly；
拆散 ([chāi sàn]) break up (a marriage,family,etc.);disjoin；
拆台 cut the ground from under sb.'s feet;pull the rug from under sb.'s feet;pull away a prop;undercut；
拆息 a daily interest rate on private loans or deposits;short-term interest；
拆洗 （拆洗衣被） wash (padded coats,quilts,etc.) after removing the padding or lining;unpick and wash;（拆洗机器） strip and clean；
拆线 {医} take out stitches;take out [remove] the suture;（将电话线路断开） clearing；
拆卸 dismantle;disassemble;dismount;tear down;strip;demount;dismounting;disassembly;dismantling;dismantlement;takedown;teardown;knockout;remove；
拆修 overhaul；
拆字 fortune-telling by analysing the component parts of a Chinese character;glyphomancy