to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one; divide and conquer
trad. 化整為零
Also written 化整為零【huà zhěng wéi líng】
Characters in this word
4化
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variant of 花[hua1]
- Pinyin
- huā
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7240 of 2500
整
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(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly, (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat, (bound form) to put in order; to straighten, (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate, (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb, (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
- Pinyin
- zhěng
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 7111 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
零
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zero, nought, zero sign, fractional, fragmentary, odd (of numbers), (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one), fraction, (in mathematics) remainder (after division), extra, to wither and fall, to wither
- Pinyin
- líng
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4058 of 2500