船到桥头自然直
chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí
Pinyin

Definition

船到桥头自然直
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chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí
  1. lit. when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb)
  2. fig. everything will be all right
  3. cf 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along
来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
到
dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
到底
dào dǐ
  1. 1 finally
  2. 2 in the end
  3. 3 when all is said and done
  4. 4 after all
  5. 5 to the end
  6. 6 to the last
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
然后
rán hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 then (afterwards)
  3. 3 after that
  4. 4 afterwards
突然
tū rán
  1. 1 sudden
  2. 2 abrupt
  3. 3 unexpected
竟然
jìng rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 in spite of everything
  4. 4 in that crazy way
  5. 5 actually
  6. 6 to go as far as to
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
虽然
suī rán
  1. 1 although
  2. 2 even though
  3. 3 even if
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than
不然
bù rán
  1. 1 not so
  2. 2 no
  3. 3 or else
  4. 4 otherwise
  5. 5 if not
  6. 6 How about ...?
仍然
réng rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 yet
来到
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
依然
yī rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 as before
做到
zuò dào
  1. 1 to accomplish
  2. 2 to achieve
偶然
ǒu rán
  1. 1 incidentally
  2. 2 occasional
  3. 3 occasionally
  4. 4 by chance
  5. 5 randomly
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
井然有序
jǐng rán yǒu xù
  1. 1 everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
  1. 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unchanged
  3. 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered

Sample Sentences

连你这少爷公子哥都能意识到问题，想咱们英明的领导不会没个警觉的，放心吧，船到桥头自然直。
lián nǐ zhè shǎoyégōngzǐgē dōu néng yìshidào wèntí ，xiǎng zánmen yīngmíng de lǐngdǎo bùhuì méi gè jǐngjué de ，fàngxīn ba ，chuándàoqiáotóuzìránzhí 。
If even a little rich boy like you is able to realize this problem, I think our wise leaders must be alert to it, relax, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
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别担心，船到桥头自然直。等你生了孩子，慢慢就可以摸索出你独特的教育方式了。
bié dānxīn ，chuándàoqiáotóuzìránzhí 。děng nǐ shēng le háizi ，mànmàn jiù kěyǐ mōsuǒ chū nǐ dútè de jiàoyù fāngshì le 。
Don't worry. Everything will be alright. When you have children, you can slowly try to find out your own unique way of teaching.
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