垮

• 拼音: kuǎ
• 汉字拆解: 垮 = 土 (earth) + 夸 (boast) — to collapse

含义

To collapse; to break down; to fall apart. Describes something failing, crumbling, or breaking.

Used for physical collapse (buildings, bodies) or figurative collapse (businesses, health, spirit). Common in phrases like 累垮 (exhausted to the point of collapse), 拖垮 (drag down to ruin).

例句

1. 公司被这次危机拖垮了。
2. 他工作太拼了，身体快要累垮了。
3. 那座老桥终于垮塌了。

用法指南

语境: failure, health, destruction

语气: negative

正确说法

• 别把自己累垮了。(Don't work yourself to exhaustion.)
• 公司差点就垮了。(The company almost collapsed.)

错误说法

• 用垮形容轻微的疲劳或困难。(Don't use 垮 for minor tiredness — it implies serious collapse or breakdown)

起源与历史

Originally meant 'to stumble' or 'to fall.' Extended to mean collapse or breakdown in various contexts.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal