 一盘散沙 |  一盤散沙 | |||
 yī pán sǎn shā |  yat1 pun4 saan2 sa1 | |||
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 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) / scattered and disunited / lit. like a sheet of loose sand / | ||||
 Adso: scattered and disunited  Cantofish: sameadso MDBG: lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)  LDC:  CDict: ' | ||||
 Mouseover for pinyin and definition (if available). Click for dictionary lookup. 这是(zhèshì) 个(gè) variant of 個个ge4 由(yóu) from 不分(bù fēn) not divided 老少(lǎo shào) the old and the young 、(zōu) , 贫富(pín fù) poor and rich 、(zōu) , 民主党(mín zhǔ dǎng) Democratic Party 、(zōu) , 共和党(gòng hé dǎng) Republican Party ； 黑人(hēi rén) Blackie 、(zōu) , 白人(bái rén) Caucasian 、(zōu) , 拉丁(lā dīng) Latin 裔(yì) frontier 、(zōu) , 亚裔(yà yì) of Asian descent 、(zōu) , 美洲(měi zhōu) the Americas 原住民(yuán zhù mín) aborigine ； 同性恋(tóng xìng liàn) gay love 、(zōu) , 异性恋(yì xìng liàn) heterosexuality 人(rén) man ； 肢(zhī) limb 障(zhàng) to block 与(yǔ yùyù) and 四体(sì tǐ sì tī) one's four limbs 健全(jiàn quán) sound 者(zhě) (old) this ， 大家(dà jiā) everyone 共同(gòng tóng) common 诉(sù) to tell 说的(shuōdì) 答案(dá àn) answer 。 美国民众( měi guó mín zhòng) American people 向(xiàng) always 全世界(quán shì jiè) entire world 发出(fā chū) to dispatch 讯息(xùn xī) news ， 我们( men) us 绝非(jué fēi) absolutely not 一盘散沙(yī pán sǎn shā) scattered and disunited ， 也不是(yěbúshì) 由(yóu) from 红(hóng) red 州(zhōu) administrative division (old) 、(zōu) , 蓝(lán) blue 州(zhōu) administrative division (old) 拼凑(pīn còu) to assemble 而成( ér chéng) It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America. Example sentences courtesy Tatoeba project.
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 一 盘 散 沙 |
Somewhat infrequent
