to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
trad. 揚長而去
Also written 揚長而去【yáng cháng ér qù】
Characters in this word
4扬
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abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu, surname Yang
- Pinyin
- Yáng
- Traditional
- 揚
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 23845 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
去
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to go, to go to (a place), (of a time etc) last, just passed, to send, to remove, to get rid of, to reduce, to be apart from in space or time, to die (euphemism), to play (a part), (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth, (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker), (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- Pinyin
- qù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 21 of 2500