支离破碎 (支離破碎)
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Pinyin
Definition
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
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- scattered and smashed (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Zhi
- 1 broken
- 2 damaged
- 3 worn out
- 4 lousy
- 5 rotten
- 6 to break, split or cleave
- 7 to get rid of
- 8 to destroy
- 9 to break with
- 10 to defeat
- 11 to capture (a city etc)
- 12 to expose the truth of
- 1 to break down
- 2 to break into pieces
- 3 fragmentary
- 1 to chop
Idioms (20)
一木难支
- 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is helpless alone
一语道破
- 1 one word says it all (idiom)
- 2 to hit the nail on the head
- 3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
乘风破浪
- 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
势如破竹
- 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
- 2 with irresistible force