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各奔东西

gè bèn dōng xī

to go separate ways

Character by character

各gè
each
奔bèn
heads
东dōng
east
西xī
west

Example

毕业以后,同学们就各奔东西了。
After graduation, our classmates went their separate ways.

Tone: neutral.

Usage and origin

奔 is bèn (head for) in mainland standard.

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