  The question of radio dichotomy in the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is still
in debate even it has been proposed for more than forty years. In order to
solve the old riddle, we collect a sample of AGNs with optical $B$ band and
radio 6cm wavelength data to analyze the radio loudness ${\rm log}R$.
  Our results indicate a separation of ${\rm log}R = \langle 1.37 \pm 0.02
\rangle$ between radio-loud (RL) AGNs and radio-quiet (RQ) AGNs, suggest the
existence of an RL/RQ dichotomy. For the first time, we suggest combining radio
luminosity and radio loudness as a double-criterion to divide AGNs into RLs and
RQs to avoid misclassification problems that may happen in the single-criterion
scenario, we propose the double-criterion dividing line ${\rm log}L_{\rm 6cm} =
-2.7{\rm log}R +44.3$ by using a machine learning method.
  In addition, the key point of the RL/RQ dichotomy is the origin of radio
emission for the two classes, we suggest the radio emission from RLs and RQs
share the same origin, e.g. jets and mini-jets (aborted-jet or outflow),
through a correlation study between radio 6cm luminosity and optical $B$ band
luminosity.
