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)

fēn liè
  1. 1 to split up
  2. 2 to divide
  3. 3 to break up
  4. 4 fission
  5. 5 schism
luǎn
  1. 1 egg
  2. 2 ovum
  3. 3 spawn
  4. 4 (coll.) testicles
  5. 5 (old) penis
  6. 6 (expletive) fucking
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
sī liè
  1. 1 to rip apart
  2. 2 to tear
  3. 3 laceration
  4. 4 rent
liè
  1. 1 to split
  2. 2 to crack
  3. 3 to break open
  4. 4 to rend

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