to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom); to break all friendly ties
trad. 割袍斷義
Also written 割袍斷義【gē páo duàn yì】
Characters in this word
4割
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to cut, to cut apart
- Pinyin
- gē
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 7271 of 2500
袍
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gown (lined)
- Pinyin
- páo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 39285 of 2500
断
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to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500
义
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surname Yi, (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- Pinyin
- Yì
- Traditional
- 義
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 35532 of 2500