你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
Traditional form:
你走你的陽關道,我過我的獨木橋
Pinyin (reading):
nǐzǒunǐde Yángguān Dào,wǒguòwǒdedúmùqiáo
Definitions:
- lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
- fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
- you do it your way, I'll do it mine
Characters:
- 你 - you, second person pronoun
- 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
- 你 - you, second person pronoun
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 阳 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
- 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 道 - method, way; path, road
- 我 - I, me, my; our, us
- 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
- 我 - I, me, my; our, us
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 桥 - bridge; beam, crosspiece
Traditional characters:
- 你 - you, second person pronoun
- 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
- 你 - you, second person pronoun
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 陽 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
- 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 道 - method, way; path, road
- 我 - I, me, my; our, us
- 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
- 我 - I, me, my; our, us
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 獨 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 橋 - bridge; beam, crosspiece