一夫当关，万夫莫开 yī fū dāng guān ， wàn fū mò kāi

DEFINITIONS

  1. one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
夫 fū
HSK 2
man, male adult, husband; those
当 dāng
HSK 3
bear, accept, undertake; just
关 guān
HSK 1
frontier pass; close; relation
万 wàn
HSK 3
ten thousand; innumerable
夫 fū
HSK 2
man, male adult, husband; those
莫 mò
HSK 6
do not, is not, can not; negative
开 kāi
HSK 1
open; initiate, begin, start