分离
fēn​lí HSK5

to separate

分离 分離 fēn​lí
to separate verbadjective
To separate, part, or sever; used for physically dividing substances or conceptually splitting functions.

对于他们来讲，家居生活和社交生活是分离的。

duì​yú tā​men lái​jiǎng, jiā​jū shēng​huó hé shè​jiāo shēng​huó shì fēn​lí de.

For them, home life and social life are separate.

这些金属在大自然中一起出现，而且很难分离。

zhè​xiē jīn​shǔ zài dà​zì​rán zhōng yī​qǐ chū​xiàn, ér​qiě hěn nán fēn​lí.

These metals occur together in nature, and are difficult to separate.

separation noun
The state of being separate or the act of disjunction.

分离从来不易。

fēn​lí cóng​lái bù​yì.

Separation is never easy.

to part ways verb
To part with someone or be separated from loved ones.

从今天起，我不想和你分离。

cóng jīn​tiān qǐ, wǒ bù​xiǎng hé nǐ fēn​lí.

From this day on, I don't want to be separated from you.

战争让他们分离。

zhàn​zhēng ràng tā​men fēn​lí.

The war separated them.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
13.8 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
37.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 5

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)