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Character Decomposition
掰=手+分+手
Etymology
To tear something 分 with both hands 手
Meanings
to break off or break open sth with one's hands
(fig.) to break off (a relationship)
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Words with 掰 20 total
(coll.) to talk nonsense · to fool around瞎掰xiā bāi(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese)假掰gēi bāito bend · (slang) to turn a straight person gay掰弯bāi wānto debate · to dispute · to wrangle (dialect)掰扯bāi chebye-bye (loanword) (Tw)掰掰bāi bāito straighten · (slang) to turn a gay person straight掰直bāi zhíto pull apart · to pry open with the hands掰开bāi kāisee 牛屄 niú bī (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄 niú bī)牛掰niú bāi(Tw) (vulgar) cunt (from Taiwanese 膣屄) · (slang) to fuck around with; (used as an intensifier) fucking; fucked up鸡掰jī bāi(dialect) to have a falling-out (with sb)闹掰nào bāiarm wrestling掰手腕bāi shǒu wànarm wrestling掰腕子bāi wàn zilit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp · fig. to analyze minutely from every angle · to chew sth over掰开揉碎bāi kāi róu suìpunctilious · clear and detailed分星掰两fēn xīng bāi liǎng
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