西出阳关无故人

西出陽關無故人
xīchūYángguānwúgùrén
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 west of Yang Pass you will have no old friends
  2. 2 once past Yang Pass there are no companions from home
  3. 3 Wang Wei's farewell line for a friend going into the western frontier

Examples

Quàn jūn gèng jìn yī bēi jiǔ, xī chū Yángguān wú gùrén.
I urge you to drain another cup of wine — west of Yang Pass there will be no old friends.
Sòng tā qù yuán Jiāng, dàjiā hù dào 'xī chū Yángguān wú gùrén'.
Seeing him off to Xinjiang aid work, we all said 'west of Yang Pass there will be no old friends.'

Stroke Order

西
chū
yáng
guān
rén