分道扬镳 — Chinese idiom
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
Traditional: 分道揚鑣
Meaning
- lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on
- fig. to part ways
Character by character
- 分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 扬yángto flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
- 镳biāobit, bridle; to ride
Idioms sharing a character
- 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng
- 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
- 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ
- 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī
- 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
- 分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī
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