你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥

nǐ zǒu nǐ de yáng guān dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo

Definitions

1. lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
2. fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
3. you do it your way, I'll do it mine

Child Words of 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥

你

nǐ

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])

I; me; my

bridge

alone

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

see 的士[dī shì]

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

to walk

to cross

(experienced action marker)

road

mountain pass

(bound form) tree

single-log bridge

(neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!

positive (electric.)

Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌

阳关道

yáng guān dào

same as 陽關大道|阳关大道[yáng guān dà dào]