船到桥头自然直
chuán​dào​qiáo​tóu​zì​rán​zhí

everything will be all right

  • created sense approved 船到桥头自然直/船到橋頭自然直 · chuán​dào​qiáo​tóu​zì​rán​zhí · everything will be all right — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    船到桥头自然直 / 船到橋頭自然直

    chuán​dào​qiáo​tóu​zì​rán​zhí

    everything will be all right

    (proverb) the boat will straighten itself out when it reaches the bridge; things will work out when the time comes; cross that bridge when you get to it

    船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 桥头 (literal) → 桥头/橋頭 · qiáo​tou · bridge ends 自然 (literal) → 自然 · zì​rán · inevitably 直 (literal) → 直 · zhí · to straighten

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense