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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

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直

船
chuán

boat

桥头
qiáo tóu

Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan

自然
zì rán

nature

必
bì

certainly

桥
qiáo

bridge

有
yǒu

to have; there is

头
tóu

head

自
zì

self

然
rán

correct

车
jū

war chariot (archaic)

车
chē

car

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)

路
lù

road

到
dào

to reach; to arrive

前
qián

front

直
zhí

straight

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

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)