船到橋頭自然直 chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí

things will work out in the end

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb)
  2. 2. fig. everything will be all right
  3. 3. cf 車到山前必有路chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù，车到山前必有路chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù，船到桥头自然直chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí

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
頭 tóu
head; the top; end
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
然 rán HSK 2
so; thus; like this
直 zhí HSK 3
straight; vertical; straightforward