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See also: 分水岭

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng	water; river	mountain range
trad. (分水嶺)		分	水	嶺
simp. (分水岭)		分	水	岭

分水嶺

(geography) watershed; divide
(idiomatic) a critical point marking a change in course or development; a turning point; a critical indicator
- 2003: Wang Hailing, 中國式離婚 (Divorce, China style/Chapter 10)
  這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！
  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!