四分五裂
Traditional form:
四分五裂
Pinyin (reading):
sìfēnwǔliè
Definitions:
- all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
- complete lack of unity
- to disintegrate
- falling apart
- to be at sixes and sevens
Characters:
- 四 - four
- 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
- 五 - five; surname
- 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack
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