車到山前自有路 chē dào shān qián zì yǒu lù

things will work out; solve it when it comes

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (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.
  5. 5. cf couplet 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
車 chē
vehicle; car; machine
到 dào HSK 2
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
山 shān HSK 3
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain
前 qián HSK 1
front; before; forward
自 zì HSK 3
self; oneself; from
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
路 lù HSK 2
road; route; line (bus etc)