支离破碎 — Chinese idiom
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
Traditional: 支離破碎
Meaning
- scattered and smashed
Character by character
- 支zhīto support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a bra
- 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 碎suìto break, to smash; broken, busted
Idioms sharing a character
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 支吾其词 zhī wú qí cí
- 乐不可支 lè bù kě zhī
- 空头支票 kōng tóu zhī piào
- 不离不弃 bù lí bù qì
- 分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī
- 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn
- 寸步不离 cùn bù bù lí
- 挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn
- 流离失所 liú lí shī suǒ
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