割据

割據

gējù

verb #65,031

Meanings

HSK 7-9

唐朝灭亡以后，各地将领割据一方，互相攻打。

Tángcháo mièwáng yǐhòu, gèdì jiànglǐng gējù yìfāng, hùxiāng gōngdǎ.

After the fall of the Tang, generals in each region seized their own territory and fought one another.

HSK 7-9

秦始皇结束了诸侯割据的局面，统一了中国。

Qínshǐhuáng jiéshù le zhūhóu gējù de júmiàn, tǒngyī le Zhōngguó.

The First Emperor of Qin ended the division of the land among rival lords and unified China.

usage

A word of history books: 割据一方 'to hold a region by force', 军阀割据 'rule by rival warlords', and 藩镇割据 for the military governors of the later Tang.

割 gē

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