分散

fēnsàn

verb HSK 4 #4,566

Meanings

HSK 3

不要分散注意力。

Bùyào fēnsàn zhùyìlì.

Don't get distracted.

HSK 3

人群很快就分散了。

Rénqún hěn kuài jiù fēnsàn le.

The crowd dispersed quickly.

HSK 4

为了降低风险，公司把投资分散到不同的项目上。

Wèile jiàngdī fēngxiǎn, gōngsī bǎ tóuzī fēnsàn dào bùtóng de xiàngmù shàng.

To reduce risk, the company spread its investment across different projects.

usage

分散注意力 (to distract/divert attention) is the most common usage. 分散 can also mean physically scattered: 村庄分散在山里 (villages scattered in the mountains).

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