撕裂
sī liè
Pinyin

Definition

撕裂
 - 
sī liè
  1. to rip apart
  2. to tear
  3. laceration
  4. rent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分裂
fēn liè
  1. 1 to split up
  2. 2 to divide
  3. 3 to break up
  4. 4 fission
  5. 5 schism
撕
sī
  1. 1 to tear
撕裂
sī liè
  1. 1 to rip apart
  2. 2 to tear
  3. 3 laceration
  4. 4 rent
裂
liè
  1. 1 to split
  2. 2 to crack
  3. 3 to break open
  4. 4 to rend
干裂
gān liè
  1. 1 (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
  2. 2 to chap
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval
撕扯
sī chě
  1. 1 to tear apart
撕掉
sī diào
  1. 1 to tear out (and throw away)
  2. 2 to rip away
撕烂
sī làn
  1. 1 to tear up
  2. 2 to tear to pieces
撕破
sī pò
  1. 1 to tear
  2. 2 to rip
撕碎
sī suì
  1. 1 to tear to shreds
撕票
sī piào
  1. 1 lit. to tear the ticket
  2. 2 to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
断裂
duàn liè
  1. 1 fracture
  2. 2 rupture
  3. 3 to break apart
决裂
jué liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to burst open
  3. 3 to break
  4. 4 to break off relations with
  5. 5 a rupture
爆裂
bào liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to burst
  3. 3 to explode
破裂
pò liè
  1. 1 to rupture
  2. 2 to fracture
  3. 3 to break down
  4. 4 (linguistics) plosion
碎裂
suì liè
  1. 1 to disintegrate
  2. 2 to shatter into small pieces
裂痕
liè hén
  1. 1 crack
  2. 2 gap
  3. 3 split
裂纹
liè wén
  1. 1 crack
  2. 2 flaw
裂缝
liè fèng
  1. 1 crack
  2. 2 crevice
  3. 3 CL:道[dào]

Idioms (6)

四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval
心胆俱裂
xīn dǎn jù liè
  1. 1 to be scared out of one's wits (idiom)
碎心裂胆
suì xīn liè dǎn
  1. 1 in mortal fear (idiom)
头痛欲裂
tóu tòng yù liè
  1. 1 to have a splitting headache (idiom)
发指眦裂
fà zhǐ zì liè
  1. 1 hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom); enraged
  2. 2 in a towering rage

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