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!

   • 汝以一念之貞，遇人仳離，致孤危託落；雖命之所存，天實為之；然而累汝至此者，未嘗非予之過也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     汝以一念之贞，遇人仳离，致孤危托落；虽命之所存，天实为之；然而累汝至此者，未尝非予之过也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1767, 袁枚,《祭妹文》

     Rǔ yǐ yī niàn zhī zhēn, yù rén pǐlí, zhì gūwēi tuōluò; suī mìng zhī suǒ cún, tiān shí wéi zhī; rán'ér lèi rǔ zhì cǐ zhě, wèicháng fēi yǔ zhī guò yě. [Pinyin]

     Because you honored your commitment, you married ill, were divorced, and ended lonely, exposed, and forlorn. Though it is true that what is written in one's fate is the work of heaven, yet I cannot but feel that it was a fault of mine that brought you to that pass.

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?