"parting of the ways" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 分道揚鑣
• 分手時刻

Definition

指人或團體因意見不合、決定或變化而分開的時刻，也可指事情發生轉折點。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常用於比喻關係、合作或友誼結束。常見用法為 'reach a parting of the ways'。語氣較正式，少在口語中使用。既可指實際分離，也可指人生或事業的分道揚鑣。

Examples

After their argument, it was a parting of the ways for the two friends.

爭吵後，兩位朋友到了**分道揚鑣**的時候。

The company and its founders reached a parting of the ways over the new policy.

公司與創辦人因新政策而**分道揚鑣**。

Graduation was a real parting of the ways for our group.

畢業對我們小組來說真的是一次**分道揚鑣**。

For us, it was a parting of the ways—we just wanted different things in life.

對我們來說，這就是**分道揚鑣**——我們的人生目標不同。

Sometimes a parting of the ways is the best thing for everyone involved.

有時候，**分道揚鑣**對每個人來說都是最好的選擇。

After years of working together, we’ve come to a parting of the ways, but we stayed friends.

合作多年後，我們到了**分道揚鑣**的地步，但仍是朋友。