分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 解 jiě to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection syn 分裂 fēn liè to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism syn 分成 fēn chéng to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment syn 区分 區分 qū fēn to differentiate / to draw a distinction / to divide into categories syn 贫困 貧困 pín kùn impoverished / poverty syn 平分 píng fēn to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 沦落 淪落 lún luò to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging) syn 分为 分為 fēn wéi to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide syn 分组 分組 fēn zǔ to divide into groups / group (formed from a larger group) / subgroup / (computer networking) packet 穷困 窮困 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty syn 划分 劃分 huà fēn to divide up / to partition / to differentiate syn 分工 fēn gōng to divide up the work / division of labor 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 分隔 fēn gé to divide / to separate / partition syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 寒酸 hán suān wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) syn 分叉 fēn chà fork / bifurcation / to divide syn 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 瓜分 guā fēn to partition / to divide up syn 除开 除開 chú kāi besides / except / to get rid of (sb) / (math.) to divide syn 分赃 分贓 fēn zāng to share the booty / to divide ill-gotten gains syn 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn 分装 分裝 fēn zhuāng to divide into portions / to package in smaller quantities / to separate into loads 分段 fēn duàn to divide (sth) into sections / to segment syn 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 分水岭 分水嶺 fēn shuǐ lǐng dividing range / drainage divide / (fig.) dividing line / watershed syn 分立 fēn lì to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc) 赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn 整除 zhěng chú to divide exactly without remainder (in integer arithmetic) 细分 細分 xì fēn to divide (into subgroups etc) / to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc) syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 等分 děng fēn to divide into equal parts 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 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 乘除 chéng chú to multiply and divide syn 分列 fēn liè to divide into rows / to identify subcategories / to break down into constituent parts / breakdown / disaggregation 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 分给 分給 fēn gěi to divide (and give to others) 脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 分班 fēn bān to divide people into groups, teams, squads etc 分封 fēn fēng to divide and confer (property on one's descendants) syn 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 除 chú to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including syn 劈 pǐ to split in two / to divide syn 析 xī to separate / to divide / to analyze syn 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī (idiom) to divide and rule 均分 jūn fēn to split / to divide equally syn 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 九九归一 九九歸一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done 人穷志短 人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 反裘负刍 反裘負芻 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 家贫如洗 家貧如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 贫病交加 貧病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom) syn 安贫乐道 安貧樂道 ān pín lè dào to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) syn 贫病交迫 貧病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò beset by poverty and illness (idiom) syn 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) 站起来反贫穷 站起來反貧窮 zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty 贫穷和经济发展问题千年项目第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題千年項目第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷和经济发展问题第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction 劙 lí a divide, to partition 二十四节气 二十四節氣 èr shí sì jié qi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods 分掉 fēn diào to share / to divide up 分角器 fēn jiǎo qì a protractor (device to divide angles) 另开 另開 lìng kāi to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path) 编班 編班 biān bān to group students into classes / to divide people (staff members etc) into groups 开天避地 開天避地 kāi tiān bì dì to open the sky and divide the earth / ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth 知识鸿沟 知識鴻溝 zhī shì hóng gōu knowledge divide 宽带鸿沟 kuān dài hóng gōu broadband divide 地下水分水线 groundwater divide 气候分界 climatic divide 分水界 watershed (UK) / water divide (US) 数字鸿沟 數字鴻溝 digital divide 数码鸿沟 數碼鴻溝 digital divide 2000年消除全球数字鸿沟倡议 2000年消除全球數字鴻溝倡議 Global Digital Divide Initiative 2000 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention 分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing 划位 劃位 huà wèi (Tw) to divide up an area / to assign a spot / to allocate a seat / one's assigned spot 粗分 cū fēn broad classification / (when followed by 為|为[wei2]) to roughly divide (into category A, category B, ...) 分肥 fēn féi to unfairly divide benefits, favoring a few 以工代赈 以工代賑 yǐ gōng dài zhèn to provide work to relieve poverty 倥偬 倥傯 kǒng zǒng pressing / urgent / poverty-stricken / destitute syn 勤劳不虞匮乏 勤勞不虞匱乏 qín láo bù yú kuì fá Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom) 啼饥号寒 啼饑號寒 tí jī háo hán hunger cries and cold roars (idiom) / wretched poverty syn 穷当益坚，老当益壮 窮當益堅，老當益壯 qióng dāng yì jiān , lǎo dāng yì zhuàng poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age 