Fenliefenzi 'separatist' (your Chinese lesson for the day)

[W Brewer]

CNN: <<Xinjiang . . . for years has been beset by ethnic violence, which
the [PRC] government blames on <fenliefenzi> ("separatists").
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http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/05/world/asia/china-isis/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
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fen1-lie4 fen4-zi 'separatist'
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fenlie 'to split, disunite' (<- fen 'to divide, part' + lie 'to crack,
split') + fenzi 'a member'.

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