干裂 (乾裂)
gān liè
Pinyin

Definition

干裂 (乾裂)
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gān liè
  1. (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
  2. to chap

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
fēn liè
  1. 1 to split up
  2. 2 to divide
  3. 3 to break up
  4. 4 fission
  5. 5 schism
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 (9)

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)
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change