be scattered in four directions and cast down
The pronunciation of s ì f ē NW ǔ luॸ, a Chinese idiom, is scattered and disordered. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.
explain
It describes being scattered and disorderly.
source
The 15th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "Liu Yao's army was defeated greatly, and all the people were scattered."
Discrimination of words
Synonyms falling apart emotional color: neutral idiom idiom usage: as predicate, object, attribute; used in written language idiom structure: combined idiom generation time: Ancient idiom
usage
Used as a predicate, object, attribute; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : sì fēn wǔ luò
be scattered in four directions and cast down