The smoke is flying and the stars are scattered
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ā NF ē IX ī ngs à n, which means that people who used to be together are flying like smoke and scattered like stars. It's from Volume 8 of the first time to make a case.
The origin of Idioms
The eighth volume of the book "the first time to make a surprise case" says: "there are first-class scholars who call on friends to attract others, control the government, start and end lawsuits, and every time they tear up good families, aren't they thieves?"
Idiom usage
Used as an object or adverbial; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : yān fēi xīng sàn
The smoke is flying and the stars are scattered
it was as though a tiger left his hills and descended to the plains. hǔ luò píng yáng