"in pieces" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
鸡零狗碎 雞零狗碎 jī líng gǒu suì in pieces syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn
打碎 dǎ suì to shatter / to smash / to break into pieces syn
破碎 pò suì to smash to pieces / to shatter syn
肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
碎裂 suì liè to disintegrate / to shatter into small pieces
捣碎 搗碎 dǎo suì to pound into pieces / to mash syn
稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn
零星 líng xīng fragmentary / piecemeal / in bits and pieces / sporadic / scattered syn
一掷千金 一擲千金 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn
习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
细碎 細碎 xì suì fragments / bits and pieces syn
化整为零 化整為零 huà zhěng wéi líng to break up the whole into pieces (idiom) / dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over
切块 切塊 qiē kuài to cut into pieces syn
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè 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 syn
击碎 擊碎 jī suì to smash to pieces
星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn
血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn
分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom) / to break up / falling to pieces syn
压碎 壓碎 yā suì to crush to pieces
揉碎 róu suì to crush / to crumble into pieces
稀里哗啦 稀裡嘩啦 xī li huā lā (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) / smashed to pieces / completely routed
摔破 shuāi pò to fall and smash into pieces
撕烂 撕爛 sī làn to tear up / to tear to pieces
齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn
kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn
suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn
méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn
kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn
shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn
to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together
冼星海 xiǎn xīng hǎi Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4]
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn
qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn
千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 qiān dāo wàn guǎ to make mincemeat of sb / to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
肝肠寸断 肝腸寸斷 gān cháng cùn duàn lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken syn
零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work syn
dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn
dūn upsetting (forged pieces)
cut meat into pieces / diced meat
千金一掷 千金一擲 qiān jīn yī zhì lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn
零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work syn
边角科 邊角科 biān jiǎo kē leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
七零八碎 qī líng bā suì bits and pieces / scattered fragments syn
折子戏 摺子戲 zhé zi xì opera highlights performed as independent pieces
棋具 qí jù checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
血田 xuè tián field of blood / battlefield / hateful place / Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)
零杂 零雜 líng zá bit and pieces / small odds and ends
手抓羊肉 shǒu zhuā yáng ròu hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
收拾残局 收拾殘局 shōu shi cán jú to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces
xx (Japanese kokuji) large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together / pr. kasugai
自乱阵脚 自亂陣腳 zì luàn zhèn jiǎo (idiom) to lose one's head / to panic / to go to pieces
锉尸 剉屍 cuò shī to cut the corpse of a criminal into pieces
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhǎo lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces syn
千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 qiān dāo - wàn guǎ (idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
东拼西凑 東拼西湊 dōng pīn xī còu (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces / to combine items from disparate sources syn
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
碎尸万段 碎屍萬段 suì shī - wàn duàn (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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