临时分居

• 臣(downcast look; lowered gaze)RADICAL
• 品(many things/people; multitude)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丨(straight line down; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE

A person bending their eyes downward to look at many things below represents the meaning of "approach and look down."

• 日(sun; day)RADICAL
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)PHONETIC

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 八(divide; separate; eight)ASSOCIATIVE
• 刀(knife; blade; sword)RADICAL

Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.