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A classroom or meeting activity where participants are divided into smaller groups to discuss a topic or solve a problem together.
老师让我们分成四组进行讨论。
The teacher asked us to split into four groups for discussion.
在分组讨论中，每个人都积极发言。
Everyone actively participated in the group discussion.
Common in educational settings, team-building exercises, and corporate workshops.
In Chinese, '分组讨论' implies structured discussion. For unstructured conversations, use '自由讨论' (open discussion).
In academic settings, '分组讨论' often follows a lecture. In business, it may be part of team-building activities.
分 (fēn) = to divide; 组 (zǔ) = group; 讨论 (tǎo lùn) = to discuss. Literally means 'divide into groups to discuss'.
Often used in educational contexts but also applicable to professional meetings. Can be shortened to '分组' in casual speech.