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    • COLLAPSE

      1. The current words for the collapse of buildings is qǐng 傾 and huī 隳.

      2. For the collapse of standing objects it is diān 顛.

      3. For the collapse of mountains we have bēng 崩 and tuí 頹.

      4. Dǎo 倒 is often used causatively to mean "make topple over".

      5. Pū 仆 refers to things falling from a vertical position so as to take up a horisontal position.

      6. Bì 斃 refers to some person or some animal collapsing suddenly, often to die.