xī​yān

to separate households

  • created sense approved 析烟/析煙 · xī​yān · to separate households — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    析烟 / 析煙

    xī​yān

    to separate households

    to divide a large family into smaller independent households, often involving the division of property and living quarters

    析 (literal) → 析 · xī · to separate 烟 (literal) → 烟/煙 · yān · smoke

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense