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分道扬镳

fēn dào yáng biāo

4-character word Traditional 分道揚鑣

What 分道扬镳 means

1. lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
2. fig. to part ways

The characters in 分道扬镳

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 镳biāobit (of a bridle); variant of 镖