粵

分fan1道dou6揚joeng4鑣biu1

simp分道扬镳
fan1 dou6 joeng4 biu1fēn dào yáng biāo

English

  1. lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
  2. fig. to part ways
  3. to separate from each other and go in different directions; to go our separate ways

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻志向不同,各行各路。

Examples

  • 既然你明知佢係個仆街你都要幫住佢,噉我哋分道揚鑣啦。

    If you insist on defending that asshole, we should go our separate ways.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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