不到长城非好汉 in English bu4 dao4 Chang2 cheng2 fei1 hao3 han4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; metaphorically to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

Simplified Characters

不 到 长 城 非 好 汉

Traditional Characters

不 到 長 城 非 好 漢

Pinyin

bu4 dao4 Chang2 cheng2 fei1 hao3 han4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 到dao4to (a place) 长zhang3length 城cheng2city walls 非fei1abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa 好hao3good 汉han4Han ethnic group