to separate

to divide; to analyze

wood (木) + axe (斤) = to split and analyze

A woodcutter's axe splitting a log apart is the original image: deliberate separation that reveals what lies within. From cleaving timber, the character extended to the intellectual act of breaking a problem into parts.

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他把问题仔细分了一遍。

tā bǎ wèntí zǐxì fēnxī le yī biàn。

He carefully analyzed the problem once through.

老师要求我们对这篇文章进行深入的剖

lǎoshī yāoqiú wǒmen duì zhè piān wénzhāng jìnxíng shēnrù de pōuxī。

The teacher asked us to conduct an in-depth analysis of this article.

Words with 析

邓析

dèng xī

Deng Xi (545-501 BC), Chinese philosopher and rhetorician, the first lawyer of ancient China

厘析

lí xī

to analyze in detail

偏析

piān xī

segregation (metallurgy)

光谱分析

guāng pǔ fēn xī

spectral analysis

分崩离析

fēn bēng lí xī

to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up

分析

fēn xī

to analyze

分析人士

fēn xī rén shì

analyst

分析化学

fēn xī huà xué

analytical chemistry

分析员

fēn xī yuán

analyst (e.g. of news)

分析器

fēn xī qì

analyzer

分析学

fēn xī xué

mathematical analysis

分析家

fēn xī jiā

(political) analyst

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