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阳关大道
  • [yánɡɡuāndàdào]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

阳关大道 [yánɡɡuāndàdào]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] Archaic: Referring to the road passing from Yang Guan to the Western Regions (Yang Guan: southwest of Dunhuang of Gansu Province, to the south Yumenguan). Later it broadly refers to a wide unimpeded road; it also refers to a bright future ahead.
    你走你的阳关大道, 我走我的独木桥, 我们互不干涉。
    You take the wide easy road, and I'll cross the narrow log bridge, we won't bother with each other.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

阳关大道 [yánɡɡuāndàdào]
  1. 1. 原指古代经过阳关通往西域的大道(阳关:今甘肃敦煌西南,玉门关以南)。后泛指路面宽阔、通行无阻的大道;也比喻前途光明的道路。

Examples

你走你的阳关大道, 我走我的独木桥, 我们互不干涉。
You take the wide easy road, and I'll cross the narrow log bridge, we won't bother with each other. 阳关大道
阳关大道 大道

Word Decomposition


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