bēng

to collapse

to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise

Mountain (山) + friend (朋) = collapse and crumble

山 anchors the meaning: a mountain crumbling down. 朋 is mainly phonetic, lending the bēng sound rather than any sense of friendship.

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FriendPhonetic

老国王病重,没过多久便驾了。

lǎo guówáng bìng zhòng,méi guò duōjiǔ biàn jiàbēng le。

The old king fell gravely ill and passed away not long after.

山上的岩石突然落,把路都堵住了。

shān shàng de yánshí tūrán bēng luò,bǎ lù dōu dǔ zhù le。

The rocks on the mountain suddenly broke away and collapsed, blocking the road completely.

Words with 崩

雪崩

xuě bēng

avalanche

驾崩

jià bēng

(of an emperor) to pass away

分崩离析

fēn bēng lí xī

to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up

土崩瓦解

tǔ bēng wǎ jiě

to collapse

塔崩

tǎ bēng

tabun (loanword)

天崩地裂

tiān bēng dì liè

heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster

山崩

shān bēng

landslide

崩摧

bēng cuī

to collapse

崩殂

bēng cú

(of an emperor) to die

崩盘

bēng pán

(finance) to crash

崩倒

bēng dǎo

to collapse

崩坍

bēng tān

landslide

More characters with 山