劳燕分飞 — Chinese idiom
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
Traditional: 勞燕分飛
Meaning
- the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions
- (usually of a couple) to part from each other
Character by character
- 劳láoto labor, to toil; to do manual work
- 燕yànlovebird, swallow
- 分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
- 飞fēito fly, to dart; high
Idioms sharing a character
- 不劳而获 bù láo ér huò
- 以逸待劳 yǐ yì dài láo
- 任劳任怨 rèn láo rèn yuàn
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 劳师动众 láo shī dòng zhòng
- 劳民伤财 láo mín shāng cái
- 劳逸结合 láo yì jié hé
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 好逸恶劳 hào yì wù láo
- 徒劳无功 tú láo wú gōng
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