船到桥头自然直 in English chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb)
  • metaphorically everything will be all right

Simplified Characters

船 到 桥 头 自 然 直

Traditional Characters

船 到 橋 頭 自 然 直

Pinyin

chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

船chuan2variant of 船[chuan2] 到dao4to (a place) 桥qiao2bridge 头tou2head 自zi4self 然ran2correct 直zhi2surname Zhi