| 分道扬镳 |
fēn dào yáng biāo |
lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways |
| 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) / 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) |
| 分 |
fèn |
part / share / ingredient / component |
| 道 |
dào |
road; path (CL:条,股) / (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 |
abbr. for Yangzhou 扬州 in Jiangsu / surname Yang |
| 扬 |
yáng |
to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate |
| 扬 |
yáng |
variant of 扬 |
| 镳 |
biāo |
bit (of a bridle) / variant of 镖 |