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

one person can hold off many enemies

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
one; 1; single
husband; man; manual worker
to be; to act as; should
to close; to shut; to turn off
ten thousand; a great number; surname Wan
husband; man; manual worker
do not; surname Mo; there is none who
to open; to turn on; to start