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作鸟兽散

zuò niǎo shòu sàn

4-character word Traditional 作鳥獸散

What 作鸟兽散 means

1. lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2. fig. to head off in various directions
3. to flee helter-skelter

The characters in 作鸟兽散

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)…
• 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse

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