一夫當關,萬夫莫開 yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

一 yī one; a, an; alone
夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those
當 dāng bear, accept, undertake; just
關 guān frontier pass; close; relation
萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
夫 fū man, male adult, husband; those
莫 mò do not, is not, can not; negative
開 kāi open; initiate, begin, start