好聚好散
hǎo jù hǎo sàn
to part on good terms
Character by character
好hǎo
good
good
聚jù
meet
meet
好hǎo
good
good
散sàn
part
part
Example
合作不成也没关系，大家好聚好散，以后还是朋友。
It doesn’t matter if the partnership doesn’t work out: let’s part on good terms and stay friends.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
A spoken four-character set phrase rather than a classical idiom. Said of couples, business partners and flatmates, often as advice: 好聚好散吧, 不如好聚好散.
Learn this in Lesson 152 · HSK 7–9: 离婚冷静期 (The divorce cooling-off period)
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