The Chinese word 分解 (fēnjiě) is a compound verb formed by combining two characters with related meanings: 分 (fēn), which means "to divide" or "to separate", and 解 (jiě), which means "to untie", "to loosen", or "to resolve". Together, they create a synergistic meaning that is more specific than either character alone, emphasizing the process of breaking something down into its constituent parts, whether physically (like decomposing matter), mathematically (like factorizing), or conceptually (like analyzing a problem). This formation follows a common pattern in Chinese where two synonymous or complementary characters are joined to express a precise, often abstract, concept.