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支解

zhī jiě

2-character word

What 支解 means

1. variant of {肢解|zhī jiě}

The characters in 支解

• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split

Sounds the same

Read zhī jiě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 肢解to dismember; (fig.) to break into parts
• 枝解variant of 肢解