过关斩将 — Chinese idiom
过关斩将
guò guān zhǎn jiàng
Traditional: 過關斬將
Meaning
- to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (abbr. for 过五关斩六将 (guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng))
Character by character
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 斩zhǎnto chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
- 将jiàngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a gener
Idioms sharing a character
- 一笔带过 yī bǐ dài guò
- 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
- 不过尔尔 bù guò ěr ěr
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事过境迁 shì guò jìng qiān
- 人谁无过 rén shéi wú guò
- 大喜过望 dà xǐ guò wàng
- 将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò
- 得过且过 dé guò qiě guò
- 悔过自新 huǐ guò zì xīn
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