TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
分別
ㄈㄣ ㄅㄧㄝˊ · fēnbié
adverb — separately; respectively; verb — to part; to distinguish
字源 FORM — what the parts do
分to divide; to separate (分開的分)fēn
別to separate; other; don't (別人的別)bié另 (another) + 刀 (knife) → the knife that cuts one thing from another → to separate; another
分別，分開的分，別人的別。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
分（分）開，刀（別，另＋刀）割——一個往東，一個往西，各自分別了。
Divide (分) and cut (別, 另+刀) — one goes east, one goes west. That parting is 分別.
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