不到长城非好汉

bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn

Definitions

1. lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

Child Words of 不到长城非好汉

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 到 dào: to reach; to arrive
• 城 chéng: city walls
• 好 hǎo: good
• 好 hào: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
• 长 cháng: length
• 长 zhǎng: chief
• 长城 cháng chéng: the Great Wall
• 非 fēi: to not be; not
• 不到 bù dào: not to arrive
• 好汉 hǎo hàn: hero
• 汉 hàn: Han ethnic group