分道扬镳

Traditional: 分道揚鑣

fēn dào yáng biāo

Dictionary entry

lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)

What does 分道扬镳 mean?

分道扬镳 (fēn dào yáng biāo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)

2fig. to part ways

Character breakdown

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分fēnto divide; to separate · to distribute; to allocate 道dàoroad; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) · (bound form) way; reason; principle 扬Yángabbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu · surname Yang 镳biāobit (of a bridle) · variant of 鏢|镖[biao1]

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How to pronounce 分道扬镳

分道扬镳

fēn dào yáng biāo

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