分裂
fēn liè
Pinyin

Definition

分裂
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fēn liè
  1. to split up
  2. to divide
  3. to break up
  4. fission
  5. schism

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分
fēn
  1. 1 to divide
  2. 2 to separate
  3. 3 to distribute
  4. 4 to allocate
  5. 5 to distinguish (good and bad)
  6. 6 part or subdivision
  7. 7 fraction
  8. 8 one tenth (of certain units)
  9. 9 unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
  10. 10 minute (unit of time)
  11. 11 minute (angular measurement unit)
  12. 12 a point (in sports or games)
  13. 13 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
分享
fēn xiǎng
  1. 1 to share (let others have some of sth good)
分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
部分
bù fen
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 share
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 piece
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
分子
fèn zǐ
  1. 1 members of a class or group
  2. 2 political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists)
  3. 3 part

Idioms (20)

一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
  1. 1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
  2. 2 nothing to choose between them
不分胜负
bù fēn shèng fù
  1. 1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
  2. 2 to come out even
  3. 3 to tie
  4. 4 to draw
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
  2. 2 to share everything
  3. 3 to be on very intimate terms

Sample Sentences

我们分裂了自己的盟友，又怎样才能让这个计划行得通，你们怎么对付国际原子能组织？
wǒmen fēnliè le zìjǐ de méngyǒu ，yòu zěnyàng cái néng ràng zhège jìhuà xíngdetōng ，nǐmen zěnme duìfu guójì yuánzǐnéng zǔzhī ？
I don't know how the plan works by dividing our allies. What do you do with the IAEA?
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无知，太无知！人类的繁衍，靠的是精子和卵子的结合，形成受精卵细胞，然后细胞分裂，逐渐形成人体的各个生理器官。
wúzhī ，tài wúzhī ！rénlèi de fányǎn ，kào de shì jīngzǐ hé luǎnzǐ de jiéhé ，xíngchéng shòujīngluǎn xìbāo ，ránhòu xìbāo fēnliè ，zhújiàn xíngchéng réntǐ de gègè shēnglǐ qìguān 。
Ignorant, so ignorant. The proliferation of the human race depends upon the joining of the sperm and the egg, which develops into a zygote cell, after which the cell splits and the organs of the human body slowly begin to take shape.
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一个月后，我又坐上了班车。但这次班车的终点不再是家，而是市精神病院。或许，对于一个人格分裂的患者来说，那里才是最终的归宿。
yī ge yuè hòu ，wǒ yòu zuòshàng le bānchē 。dàn zhècì bānchē de zhōngdiǎn bùzài shì jiā ，érshì shì jīngshénbìngyuàn 。huòxǔ ，duìyú yī ge réngé fēnliè de huànzhě láishuō ，nàlǐ cáishì zuìzhōng de guīsù 。
A month later, I was on the shuttle bus again. But this time, the bus's final destination wasn't home, like before. It was the local mental hospital. Perhaps, for this split personality patient, this would be my truly final destination.
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