yī​zhé​liǎng​duàn

to break something in two

  1. numeral
    one
    one; the number 1; single; alone
  2. zhé verbparticle
    to break
    to break; to snap; to bend; to fold; to twist
  3. two
    two; used before most measure words, with the number ten, or with large units like thousand or ten thousand; also used for things that come in pairs
  4. duàn measure word
    section
    A section, part, segment, or paragraph of something continuous such as a piece of writing, a road, or a story; also used for periods of time or stages of a process.