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to break up

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

chai1san4 chāisàn

Meaning


Primary

to break up

Alternatives

break up, broken up

Mnemonic


拆散 To break up a group is 拆 to take apart it and then 散 disperse each member to a different location.

Usage


他们 的 家庭 被 拆散 了。

Their family was broken up.

那 个 部门 被 拆散 了。

That department was broken up.

战时 许多 家庭 被 拆散 了。

Many families were broken up during the war.

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