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Describing 'paralyzed' with 瘫痪 (tānhuàn)
Description & Modification
Structure
Subject + 瘫痪
Explanation
瘫痪 (tānhuàn) means paralyzed, describing a state of being unable to function or move. It is used both medically to describe physical paralysis and figuratively to describe systems, governments, or networks that have ceased to function.
Examples
那场事故导致他下半身瘫痪。
Nà chǎng shìgù dǎozhì tā xiàbànshēn tānhuàn.
That accident left him paralyzed from the waist down.
大雪造成了交通瘫痪，很多人被困在路上。
Dà xuě zàochéng le jiāotōng tānhuàn, hěn duō rén bèi kùn zài lù shàng.
Heavy snow caused traffic to be paralyzed, and many people were stranded on the road.
网络系统瘫痪了，大家都没法工作。
Wǎngluò xìtǒng tānhuàn le, dàjiā dōu méi fǎ gōngzuò.
The network system crashed, and nobody could work.