勞燕分飛
Chinese
toil | swallow (bird); surname; place name | to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng) |
to fly | ||
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trad. (勞燕分飛) | 勞 | 燕 | 分 | 飛 | |
simp. (劳燕分飞) | 劳 | 燕 | 分 | 飞 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄣ ㄈㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: láoyànfenfei
- Wade–Giles: lao2-yen4-fên1-fei1
- Yale: láu-yàn-fēn-fēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauyannfenfei
- Palladius: лаояньфэньфэй (laojanʹfɛnʹfɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ jɛn⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou4 jin3 fan1 fei1
- Yale: lòuh yin fān fēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou4 jin3 fan1 fei1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou4 yin3 fen1 féi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯²¹ jiːn³³ fɐn⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 勞燕分飛
- the shrike (伯勞/伯劳 (bóláo)) and the swallow (燕) part and fly in different directions
- (figuratively) two lovers part