勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi

(usually of a couple) to part from each other

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (usually of a couple) to part from each other
  2. 2. the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
勞 láo
labor; to toil; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth)
燕 yàn
swallow (family Hirundinidae); variant of 燕yàn
分 fēn HSK 1
minute (unit of time); to divide; to separate
飛 fēi
to fly