quoted in broken sentences
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ǎ NT ó UQ ù w ě I, which means to divide the whole, also refers to the rest of the middle part. From Ye Jianying's great strategic decisive battle.
Idiom usage
As a predicate or adverbial; in the middle
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: cut the head and cut the tail
The origin of Idioms
Ye Jianying said in the great strategic decisive battle: "because our army has carried out the above policy, the enemy in North China has been decapitated by our army and annihilated one by one."
Idiom explanation
Cut off the head, remove the tail. It means to divide the whole. Also refers to the remaining middle part.
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quoted in broken sentences
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