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
trad. (勞燕分飛)		勞	燕	分	飛
simp. (劳燕分飞)		劳	燕	分	飞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láoyànfēnfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄣㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ jin³ fan¹ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láoyànfēnfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄣㄈㄟ
  - 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/
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/

Idiom

勞燕分飛

the shrike (伯勞／伯劳) and the swallow (燕) part and fly in different directions
(figuratively) two lovers part

See also

伯勞飛燕／伯劳飞燕
分飛／分飞 (fēnfēi)

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