Let's learn about "갈라지다"

* 갈라지다 has the followning meanings

1) [=째지다] split; cleave; fissure; [=금이 가다] crack (a part); [땅 등이 크게(of a large area of land)] gape

- 오랜 가뭄으로 갈라진 논 : a rice paddy cracked from a long drought

- 번개가 쳐서 나무가 둘로 갈라졌다 : The tree was split in half by lightning

- 지진으로 땅이 갈라졌다 : The ground was cracked by the earthquake

2) [=분할되다] be divided ; [=분열되다] break up; split; rend ; part; [=분리되다] branch off[out] ; diverge ; [=분기(分岐)하다] fork (out)

- 세 부분으로 갈라지다 : be divided into three parts

- 그 문제에 관하여 우리의 의견은 갈라졌다 : We were divided in opinion on the subject

- 길은 여기서 세 갈래로 갈라진다 : Here the road breaks[forks / divides / branches] into three

- 그 당은 여러 파로 갈라졌다 : The party split into factions / The party was rent into several factions

- 군중은 좌우로 갈라져서 일행을 통과시켜 주었다 : The crowd parted right and left to make way for the party

3) [=사이가 틀어지다] be[become] estranged[alienated] ; [=헤어지다] part ; part company with; be parted ; be separated

- 갈라져서 살다 : live apart / live separately

- 그는 아내와 갈라졌다 : He has left his wife / He has separated from his wife