Taxonomy of meanings for 裂:　　

  • 裂 liè (OC: b-red MC: liɛt) 良辥薛切 入 廣韻：【擘裂破也左傳曰裂裳帛而與之 】
    • CUT
      • vtoNcut off, slice off; rip open (stomach)
      • vtoNfigurativecut off> set aside
      • vtoNpassiveto be cut off, sliced off; ripped open (of stomach)
    • KILL
      • vtoNdismember, tear apart with carts pulling the limbs of a person in different directions
      • vtoNpassivebe dismembered; be torn apart with carts pulling the limbs of a person in different directions
    • SPLIT
      • vtoNmiddle voiceget cracked or split
      • vtoNperfectivesplit
    • TEAR APART
      • vt(oN)tear apart a contextually determinate N
      • vtoNtear apart
    • PENALTY

      Additional information about 裂

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      • KILL

        1. The overwhelmingly dominant term referring to any form of taking the life of anything is shā 殺.

        2. Some words specify the range of objects murdered: Thus shì 弒 refers to the killing of a reigning ruler, zhū 誅 and yí 夷 refer to the killing of a convicted criminal; zǎi 宰 and tú3 屠 refer primarily to the slaughtering of animals for the purpose of food production.

        3. Some words specify the number of objects killed: yí 夷, zú 族, jiān 殲 tú 屠 (when applied to humans) refer to the killing of groups of people. See PUNISHMENT. The other words refer normally to the killing of one person or a specified set of several persons.

        4. Some words specify modes of killing: cì 刺 is to murder by stabbing with a pointed object, typically a dagger; liè 裂 and jiě 解 refer to dismembering by a wide variety of methods; zhèn 鴆 refers to poisoning; jǐng 剄 refers to cutting the throat; xī 腊 refers to killing followed by making a person into minced meat; rèn 刃 is to kill with a sword; jiǎo 絞 and yì 縊 refer to strangulation, è4 mèi 扼昧 and refer to strangulation; è 餓 can refer to starving someone to death. For a more detailed account of the varieties of death penalties in ancient China see PUNISHMENT.

      • SPLIT

        1. The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together").

        2. Pī 劈 / 辟 as well as the archaic s � 1 斯 refer to a violent act of cleaving or hacking to pieces.

        3. Liè 裂 refers to any process which results in the cleaving of an object and focusses on that result rather than the process itself.

        4.. Pī 披 is to split open without necessarily dividing the object of splitting into two separate parts.

        5. Xī 析 is a mild act of dividing a thing, typically into its proper constituent parts, or separating off constituent parts (often for analysis).