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HSK
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break up

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

fen1shou3 fēnshǒu

Meaning


Primary

break up

Alternatives

split up, separate

Mnemonic


After you 分手 break up with somebody, no 分 part of your two 手 hands will touch again. Or, if it is a particularly nasty 分手 break up, they may take a 分 part of your 手 hand with them, as some sort of sick memento.

Usage


我們 分手 吧。

Let's break up.

我們 三 年 前 就 分手 了。

We broke up three years ago.

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