船到桥门自会直
Traditional: 船到橋門自會直Dictionary entry
lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
What does 船到桥门自会直 mean?
船到桥门自会直 (chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
2no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
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船chuánvariant of 船[chuan2]到dàoto reach; to arrive · to leave for; to go to桥qiáobridge · CL:座[zuo4]门Ménsurname Men自zì(bound form) self; oneself · from; since会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to · to be likely to; to be sure to直Zhísurname 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
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