过五关斩六将
Traditional form:
過五關斬六將
Pinyin (reading):
guòwǔguānzhǎnliùjiàng
Definitions:
- lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
- fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
Characters:
- 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
- 五 - five; surname
- 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 斩 - to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
- 六 - six
- 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
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