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collapse

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

tan1 tān

Meaning


Primary

collapse

Alternatives

collapsing, collapsed, collapses

Mnemonic


[t-] Tarzan is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop, wearing a 冂 hood, walking around. Suddenly the 一 ground under him 坍 collapses and he 丶 drops into a shallow pit. The 坍 collapsed 土 soil covers him, and he struggles to escape from the 坍 collapsed hole.

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