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Open the tool →拆牌道字 (chāi pái dào zì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a type of word game or literary puzzle where a Chinese character is decomposed into its constituent parts or elements to form a phrase or sentence, often used for rhetorical effect or as a riddle”.
拆牌道字 is pronounced chāi pái dào zì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 拆牌道字 means “Decompose characters and speak words”. It is used to mean “a type of word game or literary puzzle where a Chinese character is decomposed into its constituent parts or elements to form a phrase or sentence, often used for rhetorical effect or as a riddle”.
把一个字拆成一句话的一种文字游戏。同“拆白道字”。