分居
fēn​jū

to live apart

  • created sense approved 分居 · fēn​jū · to live apart — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分居

    fēn​jū

    to live apart

    To live separately or in different locations, as family members or relatives might do.

    分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to reside

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  • created sense approved 分居 · fēn​jū · to separate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分居

    fēn​jū

    to separate

    To live apart while maintaining a legal marriage, typically due to relationship problems or as a precursor to divorce.

    分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to reside

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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