你走你的陽關道,我過我的獨木橋 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

CHARACTERS

你 nǐ you, second person pronoun
走 zǒu walk, go on foot; run; leave
你 nǐ you, second person pronoun
的 de possessive, adjectival suffix
陽 yáng 'male' principle; light; sun
關 guān frontier pass; close; relation
道 dào path, road, street; method, way
我 wǒ our, us, i, me, my, we
過 guò pass, pass through, go across
我 wǒ our, us, i, me, my, we
的 de possessive, adjectival suffix
獨 dú alone, single, solitary, only
木 mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden
橋 qiáo bridge; beam, crosspiece