崩
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to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
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Words with 崩
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从善如登，从恶如崩 | doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom) | |
| 崩老头 | (slang) to trick older men into repeatedly sending small sums of money by feigning romanti… | |
| 土崩瓦解 | to collapse; to fall apart | |
| 天崩地裂 | heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster; fig. violent revolution;… | |
| 崩龙族 | the Benglong (Penglung) ethnic group of Yunnan | |
| 崩坏作用 | mass wasting (geology); slope movement | |
| 分崩离析 | to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up; falling to pieces | |
| 礼坏乐崩 | see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4] | |
| 礼崩乐坏 | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray; cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4] | |
| 礼乐崩坏 | see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4] | |
| 礼废乐崩 | see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4] | |
| 山崩 | landslide; landslip | |
| 血崩 | metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) | |
| 崩落 | talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide | |
| 塔崩 | tabun (loanword) | |
| 崩盘 | (finance) to crash; to collapse; crash | |
| 崩倒 | to collapse; to crash down; to fall down in a heap | |
| 崩症 | metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) | |
| 雪崩 | avalanche | |
| 精神崩溃 | nervous breakdown |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 朋 — compare how they read.