fēn dào yáng biāodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways
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Original source entry:

分道揚鑣 分道扬镳 [fen1 dao4 yang2 biao1] /lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)/fig. to part ways/

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Other forms in these source records: 分道揚鑣

  • 分
    fēn

    to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fēn jú]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

    fèn

    part / share / ingredient / component

  • 道
    dào

    road / path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

  • 扬
    yáng

    to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

    Yáng

    abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yáng zhōu] in Jiangsu / surname Yang

  • 镳
    biāo

    bit (of a bridle)

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