拆迁

chāiqiān

have an old building pulled down and its occupants move elsewhere

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【经】 removal

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chai1 qian1

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

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拆迁

chāi qiān

remove; have one's house (apartment building) pulled down (dismantled) and move out:

这条街的半数房屋正在拆迁， 给新的邮局腾出（建房）空地。 Half the houses in the street are being pulled down to make room for the new post office.

拆迁成本 removal cost;

拆迁户 family ready to move with their house or apartment to be dismantled; the household of being pulled down and moving to another

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拆遷|拆迁 [chāi qiān] ► to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants