过关斩将 guò guān zhǎn jiàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom)
  2. abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4]

CHARACTERS

过 guò
HSK 2
pass, pass through, go across
关 guān
HSK 1
frontier pass; close; relation
斩 zhǎn
HSK 6
cut, chop, sever; behead
将 jiàng
HSK 4
will, going to, future; general