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一分为二

yī fēn wéi èr

4-character word Traditional 一分為二

What 一分为二 means

1. one divides into two
2. to be two-sided
3. there are two sides to everything
4. to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)

The characters in 一分为二

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid