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四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
What 四分五裂 means
- idiomfragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
The characters in 四分五裂
- 四sìfour; 4
- 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
- 五wǔfive; 5
- 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open
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