Chinese symbol for “fragmented”
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fragmented is 四分五裂 (sì fēn wǔ liè), defined as: (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fragmented”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 四分五裂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debate |
| 四处 (四處) | sì chù | all over the place; everywhere and all directions |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around |
| 十四 | shí sì | fourteen; 14 |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty; 40 |
| 四季 | sì jì | four seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng) |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 分析 | fēn xī | to analyze; analysis |
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up; to divide |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.