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化整为零

huà zhěng wéi líng

4-character word Traditional 化整為零

What 化整为零 means

1. to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
2. divide and conquer

The characters in 化整为零

• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization
• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 零língzero; nought; zero sign