过五关斩六将 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 67697th word

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

Characters

Character Meaning
过 guò HSK 2
to cross; to go over; to pass (time)
五 wǔ HSK 1
five; 5
关 guān HSK 1
to close; to shut; to turn off
斩 zhǎn HSK 6
to chop; to behead (as form of capital punishment)
六 liù HSK 1
six; 6
将 jiàng HSK 4
will; shall