船到桥门自会直 chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí

don't worry; things will work out

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
  2. 2. no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
船 chuán HSK 3
boat; ship; vessel
到 dào HSK 2
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
桥 qiáo HSK 4
bridge
门 mén HSK 2
door; gate; doorway
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
会 huì HSK 1
can; to be able to; will
直 zhí HSK 3
straight; vertical; straightforward