fèn

偾

Character · Verb · NounTraditional僨

ruin; destroy; cause to fail

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Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

to ruin; to destroy; to cause to fail

literary

A formal, literary term found in classical texts. Often used in the fixed phrase '偾事'.

Zuò做
shì事
bù不
kě可
lǔ鲁
mǎng莽
 ，
fǒu否
zé则
róng容
yì易
fèn偾
shì事
 。

One must not act rashly, or it's easy to ruin the affair.

Yī一
yán言
kě可
yǐ以
xīng兴
bāng邦
 ，
yī一
yán言
kě可
yǐ以
fèn偾
bāng邦
 。

One word can build a nation, one word can ruin a nation.

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Tā他
de的
gāng刚
bì愎
zì自
yòng用
zuì最
zhōng终
fèn偾
le了
dà大
shì事
 。

His stubbornness ultimately caused the major affair to fail.

2.

noun

surname Fen

A rare Chinese surname.

Fèn偾
xiān先
shēng生
shì是
wèi位
zhù著
míng名
de的
xué学
zhě者
 。

Mr. Fen is a famous scholar.

Zhè这
ge个
cūn村
zi子
lǐ里
yǒu有
jǐ几
hù户
xìng姓
Fèn偾
de的
rén人
jiā家
 。

There are several families with the surname Fen in this village.