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Chinese
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to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng) |
water; river
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mountain range
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| trad. (分水嶺)
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分
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水
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嶺
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| simp. (分水岭)
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分
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水
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岭
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Pronunciation
Noun
分水嶺
- (geography) watershed; divide
- (figurative) critical point marking a change in course or development; turning point; critical indicator
這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！ [MSC, trad.]
这种事情是夫妻感情好坏的分水岭，试金石！ [MSC, simp.]- From: 2003: Wang Hailing, 中國式離婚 (Divorce, China style/Chapter 10)
- Zhè zhǒng shìqíng shì fūqī gǎnqíng hǎo huài de fēnshuǐlǐng, shìjīnshí!
- This (a couple's sex life) is the kind of thing that is a critical indicator, an acid test, of how a husband and wife feel about each other!
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