各奔东西 — Chinese idiom
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
Traditional: 各奔東西
Meaning
- to go separate ways
- to part ways with sb
- Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
Character by character
- 各gèindividual; each, every; all
- 奔bènto rush about; to run, to flee
- 东dōngeast, eastern, eastward
- 西xīwest, western, westward
Idioms sharing a character
- 各取所需 gè qǔ suǒ xū
- 各执一词 gè zhí yī cí
- 各执己见 gè zhí jǐ jiàn
- 各奔前程 gè bèn qián chéng
- 各就各位 gè jiù gè wèi
- 各得其所 gè dé qí suǒ
- 各持己见 gè chí jǐ jiàn
- 各有千秋 gè yǒu qiān qiū
- 各有所好 gè yǒu suǒ hào
- 各尽所能 gè jìn suǒ néng
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