不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn

lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

Characters

Character Meaning
not; no; (negative prefix)
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
to grow; to develop; to increase
city; city walls; town
not; to not be; non-
good; well; very
Han ethnic group; Chinese (language)