仳離

仳離

1. (literary, of a couple) to be separated; to break up; (especially for the woman) to be abandoned

   • 有女仳離、嘅其嘆矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有女仳离、嘅其叹矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu nǚ pǐlí, kǎi qí tàn yǐ. [Pinyin]

     There is a woman forced to leave her husband;
     Sadly she sighs!

2. (literary) to deviate from

   • 祖國沉淪三百載，忍看民族日仳離。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     祖国沉沦三百载，忍看民族日仳离。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1903, 柳亞子 (Liu Yazi),《有懷章太炎、鄒威丹兩先生獄中》(Pining for Mr. Zhang Taiyan & Mr. Zou Rong in Jail)

     Zǔguó chénlún sānbǎi zǎi, rěn kàn mínzú rì pǐlí. [Pinyin]

     Three centuries in deep darkness has been our motherland;
     How bear to see my kinsfolk drift apart from day to day?