岔开

xiàng sì zhōu chà kāi

向四周岔开

branch off in all directions

zhè tiáo lù zài cǐ chà kāi le

这条路在此岔开了。

The road branches off here.

tōng wǎng hǎi biān de lù cóng dà lù chà kāi yuē liǎng yīng lǐ zuǒ yòu

通往海边的路从大路岔开约两英里左右。

The road to the coast branches off from the main road in about two miles.

liǎng gè rén zhèng yào zhēng chǎo wǒ bǎ tā men chà kāi le

两个人正要争吵，我把他们岔开了。

A quarrel was starting between the two of them, but I headed it off.

chà kāi zhèng zài tǎo lùn de huà tí

岔开正在讨论的话题

turn aside from the topic under discussion

bié bǎ huà chà kāi

别把话岔开。

Do not change the topic of conversation.

wǒ men yào bǎ liǎng gè huì de shí jiān chà kāi

我们要把两个会的时间岔开。

We need to stagger the times of the two meetings.

bǎ xiū jià rì chà kāi

把休假日岔开

stagger the vocation days off