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船到橋門自會直
简 船到桥门自会直 · 繁 船到橋門自會直Mandarin · pinyin chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
Meanings
- lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
- no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 船
- chuán · ship, boat, vessel
- 到
- dào · go to, arrive, been to
- 橋
- qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece
- 門
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
- 自
- zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- 會
- huì · to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
- 直
- zhí · straight, erect, vertical
- 桥
- qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece
- 门
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
- 会
- huì · assemble, meet together; meeting
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Mandarin tones
2–4–2–2–4–4–2 · chuan2 dao4 qiao2 men2 zi4 hui4 zhi2
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syun4 dou3 kiu4 mun4 zi6 wui3 zik6
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