<p>I can't think of a single word.</p>

<p>The phrase for the meaning you're describing is <em>De gustibus non est disputandum</em>, or sometimes colloquially "to each his own".</p>

<p>This is not however the literal meaning of 人各有志. The most analogical word is <em>aspiration</em> in English; e.g. "each man has his own aspiration". </p>

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2015-06-11T19:13:17.750Z
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Yang
<p>人各有志 is a idiom. </p>

<p>I will simply use "Our paths depend on what we want." or "Diversities among us creates possibilities."</p>

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NDark
<p>I don't think there's an idiom in English as such. If you have to translate it, perhaps "pursue your own dreams" would be the closest. There is however a common saying "don't live somebody else's life", which gets the gist of it.</p>

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2015-06-12T14:05:26.423Z
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Jessica
<p>人各有志 I think is 'everyone has ambition' or, as Yang says, 'aspirations', but in English this cannot be condensed. How would you run 'everyone' into 'has ambition'?</p>

<p>De gustibus non est disputandum = 'There is no accounting for taste.' but 'each to his own' has that sentiment.</p>

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2015-06-12T02:07:55.597Z
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Pedroski
<p>Probably a variation on concur... like "unconcurring" or something like "incongruent", but it would depend more on the context. Do you have more of the sentence that you can show me?</p>

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ZhangMeihua
<p>I think I could say something like "differing opinions/perspectives/thoughts/etc." I'm wondering if I could somehow say this with one word?</p>

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Is there a single English word equivalent that means 人各有志?
# Is there a single English word equivalent that means 人各有志?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-11)

I think I could say something like "differing opinions/perspectives/thoughts/etc." I'm wondering if I could somehow say this with one word?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

I can't think of a single word.

The phrase for the meaning you're describing is *De gustibus non est disputandum*, or sometimes colloquially "to each his own".

This is not however the literal meaning of 人各有志. The most analogical word is *aspiration* in English; e.g. "each man has his own aspiration".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-06-12. Score: 0

人各有志 is a idiom.

I will simply use "Our paths depend on what we want." or "Diversities among us creates possibilities."


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-06-12. Score: 0

I don't think there's an idiom in English as such. If you have to translate it, perhaps "pursue your own dreams" would be the closest. There is however a common saying "don't live somebody else's life", which gets the gist of it.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-06-12. Score: 0

人各有志 I think is 'everyone has ambition' or, as username_1 says, 'aspirations', but in English this cannot be condensed. How would you run 'everyone' into 'has ambition'?

De gustibus non est disputandum = 'There is no accounting for taste.' but 'each to his own' has that sentiment.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-06-12. Score: 0

Probably a variation on concur... like "unconcurring" or something like "incongruent", but it would depend more on the context. Do you have more of the sentence that you can show me?


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