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不欢而散

bù huān ér sàn

4-character word Traditional 不歡而散

What 不欢而散 means

1. to part on bad terms
2. (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord

The characters in 不欢而散

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 欢huānjoyous; happy; pleased
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse

Example sentences

• 这两个人因意见不合，而争得面红耳赤不欢而散。
  Zhè liǎng gè rén yīn yìjiàn bù hé, ér zhēng de miànhóng-ěrchì bùhuān-érsàn.
  Due to differing opinions between the two, they argued angrily, before leaving unhappily.