卵裂
luǎn liè
Pinyin

Definition

卵裂
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luǎn liè
  1. cleavage of fertilized ovum into cells

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分裂
fēn liè
  1. 1 to split up
  2. 2 to divide
  3. 3 to break up
  4. 4 fission
  5. 5 schism
卵
luǎn
  1. 1 egg
  2. 2 ovum
  3. 3 spawn
  4. 4 (coll.) testicles
  5. 5 (old) penis
  6. 6 (expletive) fucking
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval
撕裂
sī liè
  1. 1 to rip apart
  2. 2 to tear
  3. 3 laceration
  4. 4 rent
裂
liè
  1. 1 to split
  2. 2 to crack
  3. 3 to break open
  4. 4 to rend
干裂
gān liè
  1. 1 (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
  2. 2 to chap
割裂
gē liè
  1. 1 to cut apart
  2. 2 to sever
  3. 3 to separate
  4. 4 to isolate
劈裂
pī liè
  1. 1 to split open
  2. 2 to cleave
  3. 3 to rend
卵子
luǎn zǐ
  1. 1 ovum
卵巢
luǎn cháo
  1. 1 ovary
卵磷脂
luǎn lín zhī
  1. 1 lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
崩裂
bēng liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to burst open
  3. 3 to break up
排卵
pái luǎn
  1. 1 to ovulate
断裂
duàn liè
  1. 1 fracture
  2. 2 rupture
  3. 3 to break apart
决裂
jué liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to burst open
  3. 3 to break
  4. 4 to break off relations with
  5. 5 a rupture
爆裂
bào liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to burst
  3. 3 to explode
破裂
pò liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to fracture
  3. 3 to break down
  4. 4 (linguistics) plosion
碎裂
suì liè
  1. 1 to disintegrate
  2. 2 to shatter into small pieces
裂痕
liè hén
  1. 1 crack
  2. 2 gap
  3. 3 split

Idioms (12)

事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
  1. 1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
  2. 2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval
心胆俱裂
xīn dǎn jù liè
  1. 1 to be scared out of one's wits (idiom)
杀鸡取卵
shā jī qǔ luǎn
  1. 1 lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
碎心裂胆
suì xīn liè dǎn
  1. 1 in mortal fear (idiom)
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. 2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
头痛欲裂
tóu tòng yù liè
  1. 1 to have a splitting headache (idiom)
发指眦裂
fà zhǐ zì liè
  1. 1 hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged
  2. 2 in a towering rage

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