四分五裂 — Chinese idiom
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
Meaning
- fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
Character by character
- 四sìfour
- 分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
- 五wǔfive; surname
- 裂lièto split, to rend; crevice, crack
Idioms sharing a character
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 不三不四 bù sān bù sì
- 危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā
- 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng
- 四平八稳 sì píng bā wěn
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 四海为家 sì hǎi wéi jiā
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