一盤散沙

lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

variant of 散[san4]

scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine

to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization

granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia