divide the country; divide up sth just as one separate peapods or cuts melons into slices ? 他們?cè)僖膊荒苋萑套鎳?guó)被軍閥～的局面了，決定發(fā)動(dòng)武裝起義。They could no longer bear the situation in which their motherland had been divided and ruled by the warlords,and decided to launch an armed uprising.