必经之路 — Chinese idiom
必经之路
bì jīng zhī lù
Traditional: 必經之路
Meaning
- the road one must follow; the only way
Character by character
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 经jīngthe classics; to experience, to undergo
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
Idioms sharing a character
- 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng
- 物极必反 wù jí bì fǎn
- 睚眦必报 yá zì bì bào
- 自不必说 zì bù bì shuō
- 言多必失 yán duō bì shī
- 锱铢必较 zī zhū bì jiào
- 骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài
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