散沙

scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization

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

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

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