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Definitions
1. lit. when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb)
2. fig. everything will be all right
3. 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
Components
船
chuán
–
boat
到
dào
–
to (a place)
桥头
Qiáo tóu
–
PN:Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣
自然
zì rán
–
nature
直
Zhí
–
surname Zhi
Related Words
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)