No. 2,171 in Chinese
拆除
"拆除" means "to demolish" or "to dismantle."
In a sentence
我们需要拆除旧的建筑。
We need to demolish the old building.
In this sentence, '拆除' is used to indicate the action of dismantling or demolishing a structure, such as a building.
政府决定拆除这个危险的桥梁。
The government decided to dismantle this dangerous bridge.
Here, '拆除' is employed to express the governmental act of removing a hazardous bridge for safety concerns.
工人们开始拆除那堵多年不使用的墙。
The workers started to demolish that wall unused for years.
In this context, '拆除' refers to workers carrying out the physical removal or deconstruction of an object like a wall.
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