be split(sì fēn wǔ liè)

be split

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "s ì f ē NW ǔ Li è", meaning to describe incomplete, not concentrated, not united, not unified. It comes from Wei ceyi.

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang's "Warring States strategy · Wei ceyi", it is said that "if the south of Wei and Chu are not with Qi, they will attack the East; if the East and Qi are not with Zhao, they will attack the north; if they are not with Han, they will attack the West; if they are not close to Chu, they will attack the South; this is the so-called road of fragmentation."

Idiom usage

It is used in politics, etc. Chapter 54 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "at one time, the fish ran and the birds scattered, and the Chu soldiers chopped melons and cut vegetables, and killed them indiscriminately. It's all broken up. " Sun Yat Sen's the question of China's future: "if the revolutionaries fight against each other and fall apart, will they not perish their own country?" Yan Fu's on the urgency of the change of the world: "so it started from the parents and private of the officials, and the disaster could be as follows: the country was subjugated, the species were destroyed, and it was broken up and out of control."

Idiom story

In the late Warring States period, after Shang Yang's reform, the state of Qin became more and more powerful. King Hui of Qin appointed Zhang Yi of Wei as his prime minister, preached the strategy of "Lianheng", alienated the six countries, threatened and lured them to attach themselves to Qin. Under Zhang Yi's activities, the six nation alliance immediately fell apart.

Chinese PinYin : sì fēn wǔ liè