妻离子散 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• a family wrenched apart

Character by character

• 妻qīwife
• 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
• 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 散sànto scatter, to disperse, to break up

Idioms sharing a character

• 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
• 宠妾灭妻 chǒng qiè miè qī
• 封妻荫子 fēng qī yìn zǐ
• 不离不弃 bù lí bù qì
• 分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī
• 寸步不离 cùn bù bù lí
• 挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn
• 支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì
• 流离失所 liú lí shī suǒ
• 流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi

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