劳燕分飞
láo​yàn​fēn​fēi

to part ways

  • created sense approved 劳燕分飞/勞燕分飛 · láo​yàn​fēn​fēi · to part ways — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    劳燕分飞 / 勞燕分飛

    láo​yàn​fēn​fēi

    to part ways

    (idiom) to separate or go different ways; usually refers to a couple parting ways; literally, the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions

    劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · to work 燕 (literal) → 燕 · yàn · swallow 分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly

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

    created sense