船到橋門自會直 chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí

things will work out; solve it when it comes

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)
橋 qiáo
bridge
門 mén
door; gate; doorway
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
會 huì
can; to be able to; will
直 zhí HSK 3
straight; vertical; straightforward