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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

瓜分 [guāfēn]
  1. 1. verb carve … up
    企图瓜分别国领土
    plot to carve up other countries' territories

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

瓜分 [guāfēn]
  1. 1. cut up a melon—carve up; dismember; partition; divide up; parcel out
    战果顷刻间被瓜分了。
    几个战胜国无情地瓜分了这个战败国，各自攫取了同样大小的一片土地。
    The victors mercilessly carved up the defeated country, each taking an equal share.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

瓜分 [guāfēn]
  1. 1. 动 像切瓜似的分割占有(多指分割领土、财产)
    列强妄图瓜分别国领土
See more results for 瓜分 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

几个战胜国无情地瓜分了这个战败国，各自攫取了同样大小的一片土地。
The victors mercilessly carved up the defeated country, each taking an equal share. → 瓜分
战果顷刻间被瓜分了。 → 瓜分
企图瓜分别国领土
plot to carve up other countries' territories → 瓜分
列强妄图瓜分别国领土 → 瓜分

Collocations

瓜分土地
to divide the land
惨遭瓜分
to endure being divided
瓜分殆尽
to carve something up
瓜分狂潮
to carve something up frantically

Word Decomposition

瓜
[guā] 		+ 分
[fēn]

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