From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「分門別類」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
The featured idiom 「分門別類」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Fen, Bie: to distinguish, to differentiate; phylum: the general classification of things; category: the combination of many similar or identical things. Classify some things into various categories according to their characteristics and features.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèn mén bié lèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan1 mun4 bit6 leui6
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