divide up something just as one separates pea-pods or cuts melons into slices(dòu pōu guā fēn)

divide up something just as one separates pea-pods or cuts melons into slices

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ò up ō ugu ā f ē n, which means like a melon is cut open and a bean is split from a pod; it means that the land is divided. From the book of Jin, preface to geographical records.

The origin of Idioms

In the preface of geography annals in the book of Jin, "the king of Ping moved to the East, and the star was separated from the bean; when he was in charge of painting, he was divided and divided."

Analysis of Idioms

The synonym falls apart and the antonym becomes one

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. example rivers and mountains are broken, like the wind throwing catkins, the living people are moving, like the rain beating Piaoping, eight or nine wild, bean splitting. looking at such a country, I can't bear to go back to Hu Lu? All of them are my old scholars. Qiu Jin's Ci of "such a country and mountain" in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : dòu pōu guā fēn