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
The smoke is flying and the stars are scattered
nothing concealed in a straightforward man 's mind - xiōng wú sù wù
become aware of one 's errors and turn back from one 's wrong path - mí tú zhī fǎn
The trace of the dog and the fox - quǎn jì hú zōng