过关斩将 in English guo4 guan1 zhan3 jiang4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiomatic expression)
  • abbreviation for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4]

Simplified Characters

过 关 斩 将

Traditional Characters

過 關 斬 將

Pinyin

guo4 guan1 zhan3 jiang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

过guo4surname Guo 关guan1surname Guan 斩zhan3to behead (as form of capital punishment) 将jiang1will