{"path":"/entry/13472","title":"分道扬镳 / 分道揚鑣 (fēn dào yáng biāo) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"分道扬镳 / 分道揚鑣 (fēn dào yáng biāo): literally to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":13472,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["分道扬镳"],"TRADITIONAL":["分道揚鑣"]}},"phonetic":"fēn dào yáng biāo","phoneticKey":"fen1 dao4 yang2 biao1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally to take different roads and urge the horses on ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to part ways","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":14669,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to take different roads and urge the horses on","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Book of Wei, chapter 14 (《魏書·神元平文諸帝子孫列傳第二》), where Emperor Xiaowen mediates between two officials arguing over their priority of passage.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"高祖曰：「洛阳我之丰沛，自应分路扬镳。自今以后，可分路而行。」","traditional":"高祖曰：「洛陽我之豐沛，自應分路揚鑣。自今以後，可分路而行。」"},"phonetic":"Gāozǔ yuē: “Luòyáng wǒ zhī fēngpèi, zì yīng fēnlù yángbiāo. Zì jīn yǐhòu, kě fēnlù ér xíng.”","english":"Emperor Gaozu said: \"Luoyang is my territory, you should divide the road and urge your horses on. From now on, you can go separate ways.\"","ref":"Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}