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風流雲散

简风流云散 · 繁風流雲散

Mandarin · pinyin fēng liú yún sàn

lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)

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風: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
雲: yún · clouds; Yunnan province
散: sàn · scatter, disperse, break up
风: fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere
云: yún · say, speak; clouds

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1–2–2–4 · feng1 liu2 yun2 san4

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fung1 lau4 wan4 saan3

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(literary) to split up

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