七花八裂 qī huā bā liè

qī huā bā liè set phrase seven pieces and eight cracks; scattered and smashed; falling to pieces
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in Koan 9 in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 61; FGDB '七花八裂'; T 2003, Scroll 1)