瓦解冰泮

• 瓦(tile; brick (depicting form))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 瓦 pictures tiles stacked on top of each other on a roof.

• 角(horn (animal))RADICAL
• 刀(blade; knife edge)ASSOCIATIVE
• 牛(cow; cattle)ASSOCIATIVE

Use a knife to separate horns from an ox — that's the meaning of "resolve" (to take apart, to decompose).

• 冫(frozen water; ice)RADICAL
• 水(water; liquid)ASSOCIATIVE

Ice is water that has frozen solid from extreme cold.