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 ㄈㄣ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ jin³ fan¹ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láoyànfēnfēi
    • 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/
• 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

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

See also

• 伯勞飛燕／伯劳飞燕
• 分飛／分飞 (fēnfēi)