裂谷
liè gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

裂谷
 - 
liè gǔ
  1. rift valley

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
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
曼谷
Màn gǔ
  1. 1 Bangkok, capital of Thailand
河谷
hé gǔ
  1. 1 river valley
谷
gǔ
  1. 1 grain
  2. 2 corn
谷歌
Gǔ gē
  1. 1 variant of 谷歌[Gǔ gē]
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
低谷
dī gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 trough (as opposed to peaks)
  3. 3 fig. low point
  4. 4 lowest ebb
  5. 5 nadir of one's fortunes
割裂
gē liè
  1. 1 to cut apart
  2. 2 to sever
  3. 3 to separate
  4. 4 to isolate
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
山谷
shān gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 ravine
峡谷
xiá gǔ
  1. 1 canyon
  2. 2 gill
  3. 3 ravine
布谷鸟
bù gǔ niǎo
  1. 1 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
  2. 2 same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[dù juān niǎo]
平谷
Píng gǔ
  1. 1 Pinggu rural district of Beijing, formerly Pinggu county
幽谷
yōu gǔ
  1. 1 deep valley
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

Idioms (14)

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
四体不勤，五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
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)
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) all over the place
  2. 2 in every nook and cranny
  3. 3 packed to the rafters
碎心裂胆
suì xīn liè dǎn
  1. 1 in mortal fear (idiom)
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
  1. 1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
  2. 2 sth hard to come by
  3. 3 sth wonderful and rare
虚怀若谷
xū huái ruò gǔ
  1. 1 receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
跌至谷底
diē zhì gǔ dǐ
  1. 1 to hit rock bottom (idiom)
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
  1. 1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
头痛欲裂
tóu tòng yù liè
  1. 1 to have a splitting headache (idiom)
高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ
  1. 1 high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location
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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