阴阳两隔
yīn yáng liǎng gé
to be parted by death
Character by character
阴yīn
yin
yin
阳yáng
yang
yang
两liǎng
two
two
隔gé
apart
apart
Example
上个月我们还一起吃饭，没想到如今已经阴阳两隔。
Only last month we were having dinner together; I never thought that now death would have parted us.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
阴 is the world of the dead and 阳 the world of the living. Said by the one left behind, with sorrow or regret: 和…阴阳两隔, 从此阴阳两隔.
Learn this in Lesson 44 · HSK 5–6: 白事与清明 (Funerals and remembering the dead)
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