過五關斬六將 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

過 guò pass, pass through, go across
五 wǔ
HSK 1
five; surname
關 guān frontier pass; close; relation
斬 zhǎn cut, chop, sever; behead
六 liù
HSK 1
number six
將 jiàng will, going to, future; general