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不到长城非好汉

bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn

7-character word Traditional 不到長城非好漢

What 不到长城非好汉 means

1. lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

The characters in 不到长城非好汉

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 汉hànman