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)
trad. 船到橋門自會直
Also written 船到橋門自會直【chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí】
Characters in this word
7船
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variant of 船[chuan2]
- Pinyin
- chuán
- Traditional
- 舩
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 996 of 2500
到
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to reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point), (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point), considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 48 of 2500
桥
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bridge, CL:座[zuo4]
- Pinyin
- qiáo
- Traditional
- 橋
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4230 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500
自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
会
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can; to have the skill; to know how to, to be likely to; to be sure to, to meet; to get together, meeting; gathering, (suffix) union; group; association, (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- Pinyin
- huì
- Traditional
- 會
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 31 of 2500
直
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surname Zhi, Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- Pinyin
- Zhí
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4729 of 2500