分道揚鑣

分道揚鑣

Chinese

		to go different directions
trad. (分道揚鑣)		分道	揚鑣
simp. (分道扬镳)		分道	扬镳
Literally: “to take different roads and urge the horses on”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēndào-yángbiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄉㄠˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ dou⁶ joeng⁴ biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēndào-yángbiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄉㄠˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fendawyangbiau
    • IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ dou⁶ joeng⁴ biu¹
    • Yale: fān douh yèuhng bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ dou⁶ joeng⁴ biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ dou⁶ yêng⁴ biu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ tou̯²² jœ̽ːŋ²¹ piːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

分道揚鑣

1. to part ways; to part company