车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直

chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí

Definitions

1. everything will turn out all right (idiom)
2. let's worry about it when it happens
3. it will be all right on the night

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Child Words of 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直

• 到 到 dào: to reach; to arrive
• 前 前 qián: front
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 必 必 bì: certainly
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 桥 桥 qiáo: bridge
• 直 直 zhí: straight
• 自 自 zì: self
• 自然 自然 zì rán: nature
• 船 船 chuán: boat
• 路 路 lù: road
• 车 车 chē: car
• 车 车 jū: war chariot (archaic)
• 头 头 tóu: head
• 桥头 桥头 qiáo tóu: Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
• 然 然 rán: correct
• 船到桥头自然直 船到桥头自然直 chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí: lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb)
• 车到山前必有路 车到山前必有路 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù: lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom)