一分为二

一分為二
yīfēnwéi'èr
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to split one into two
  2. 2 to see both sides of something
  3. 3 a dialectical view recognising two aspects

Examples

Kàndài rènhé wèntí dōu yào yīfēnwéi'èr.
Any issue should be examined from both sides.
Tā de zuòfǎ yǒu yōudiǎn yě yǒu quēdiǎn, yào yīfēnwéi'èr de píngjià.
His approach has merits and flaws — it should be judged in a balanced, two-sided way.

Tips

usage
Used both literally (to divide something in two) and — more commonly today — figuratively as a call for balanced, dialectical analysis. The figurative sense became standard through 20th-century political rhetoric.

Stroke Order

fēn
wèi
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