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船到桥头自然直

chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí

7-character word Traditional 船到橋頭自然直

What 船到桥头自然直 means

1. lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb)
2. fig. everything will be all right

The characters in 船到桥头自然直

• 船chuánboat; vessel; ship
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 桥qiáobridge
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable

Example sentences

• 船到桥头自然直。
  That matter will take care of itself.

Words containing 船到桥头自然直

• 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(idiom) everything will turn out all right; let's worry about it when it happens…