瓜分豆剖
guā​fēn​dòu​pǒu

to carve up a country

  • created sense approved 瓜分豆剖 · guā​fēn​dòu​pǒu · to carve up a country — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓜分豆剖

    guā​fēn​dòu​pǒu

    to carve up a country

    to divide up and carve up a territory like a melon or a bean pod; used to describe a country being annexed or partitioned by foreign powers

    guā​fēn​dòu​pōu

    瓜分 (literal) → 瓜分 · guā​fēn · to partition; partition 豆 (literal) → 豆 · dòu · bean 剖 (literal) → 剖 · pōu · to cut open

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

    created sense