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 gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb); fig. everything will be all right; cf 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
Traditional: 船到橋頭自然直
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- lit. when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb)
- fig. everything will be all right
- cf 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
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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)· lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom)
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)· lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→对了(duì le)· Correct!
→懒驴上磨屎尿多(lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō)· (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working
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