分崩离析 — Chinese idiom
分崩离析
fēn bēng lí xī
Traditional: 分崩離析
Meaning
- to collapse and fall apart ; to break up
- falling to pieces
Character by character
- 分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
- 崩bēngto rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, de
- 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 析xīto split wood; to divide, to break apart
Idioms sharing a character
- 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng
- 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
- 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ
- 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
- 分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī
- 分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù
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