车到山前自有路 (車到山前自有路)
chē dào shān qián zì yǒu lù
Pinyin
Definition
车到山前自有路 (車到山前自有路)
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- lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (idiom)
- fig. Everything will turn out for the best.
- Let's worry about it when it happens.
- It will be all right on the night.
- cf couplet 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)
- 1 to (a place)
- 2 until (a time)
- 3 up to
- 4 to go
- 5 to arrive
- 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
- 1 front
- 2 forward
- 3 ahead
- 4 first
- 5 top (followed by a number)
- 6 future
- 7 ago
- 8 before
- 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
- 10 former
- 11 formerly
- 1 to have
- 2 there is
- 3 there are
- 4 to exist
- 5 to be
- 1 haven't
- 2 hasn't
- 3 doesn't exist
- 4 to not have
- 5 to not be
- 1 self
- 2 oneself
- 3 from
- 4 since
- 5 naturally
- 6 surely
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一往无前
- 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
- 2 to press forward
一条路走到黑
- 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
- 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
- 3 to cling to one's course
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一路顺风
- 1 to have a pleasant journey (idiom)