分水嶺

分水嶺

See also: 分水岭

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng	water; river	mountain range
trad. (分水嶺)		分	水	嶺
simp. (分水岭)		分	水	岭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnshuǐlǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēnshuǐlǐng [Phonetic: fēnshuílǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshoeiliing
    • IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

分水嶺

1. (geography) watershed; divide
2. (figuratively) critical point marking a change in course or development; turning point; critical indicator

   • 這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！ [MSC, trad.]
     这种事情是夫妻感情好坏的分水岭，试金石！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2003: Wang Hailing, 中國式離婚 (Divorce, China style/Chapter 10)

     Zhè zhǒng shìqíng shì fūqī gǎnqíng hǎo huài de fēnshuǐlǐng, shìjīnshí! [Pinyin]

     This (a couple's sex life) is the kind of thing that is a critical indicator, an acid test, of how a husband and wife feel about each other!