車到山前必有路,船到橋頭自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí

things will work out; deal with it later

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. Everything will turn out for the best.
  3. 3. Let's worry about it when it happens.
  4. 4. It will be all right on the night.

Characters

Character Meaning
vehicle; car; machine
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain
front; before; forward
must; necessarily; certainly
to have; there is; there are
road; route; line (bus etc)
boat; ship; vessel
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
bridge
head; the top; end
self; oneself; from
so; thus; like this
straight; vertical; straightforward