| 扬长而去 |
yáng cháng ér qù |
to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind |
| 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 |
| 扬长 |
yáng cháng |
with swagger / ostentatiously / to make the best use of one's strengths |
| 长 |
cháng |
length / long / forever / always / constantly |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 去 |
qù |
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) |