独木桥 (dúmùqiáo) single-log bridge; difficult path

Usage:

“独木桥”指由一根木头搭成的桥，意为艰难、危险、有竞争力的途径。
“独木桥” means a bridge made of one log, which represents a difficult, dangerous, and competitive path.

Sentences:

1、Zhōngguó de gāokǎo kěyǐ shuōshì qiānjūnwànmǎ guò dúmùqiáo.
中国的高考可以说是千军万马过独木桥。
China’s gaokao （college entrance exam） can be said to be an army of thousands of men trying to cross a single-log bridge.

2、Nànián qīyuè, wǒ cóng tōngwǎng dàxué de dúmùqiáo shàng zāiluò xiàlái.
那年七月，我从通往大学的独木桥上栽落下来。
That July, I fell off the single-log bridge (college entrance exam) that led to the college.

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