Chinese

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|- ! !to separate; to divide; to analyze !bones of the body

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!cooking-stove; to cook |- !simp. and trad.
(析骸以爨) | 析 | 骸 | 以 | 爨 |}

Idiom

析骸以爨

1. the situation is dire (i.e. during wartime or famine)

References

• “BOOK VII. DUKE XUAN”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan (in English), accessed 2011-02-27