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決裂

简决裂 · 繁決裂

Mandarin · pinyin jué liè

to rupture
to burst open
to break
to break off relations with
a rupture

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裂: liè · split, crack, break open; rend
决: jué · decide, determine, judge

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2–4 · jue2 lie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kyut3 lit6

Cantonese word readings for 決裂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to break with; to break off relations with
(archaic) to divide; to cut apart; to break up; to partition; to split
(archaic) to damage; to destroy; to ruin; to vandalize; to sabotage

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