过关斩将

Traditional form:

過關斬將

Pinyin (reading):

guòguānzhǎnjiàng

Definitions:

• to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將／过五关斩六将 (guòwǔguānzhǎnliùjiàng))

Characters:

• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 斩 - to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
• 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general

Traditional characters:

• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 斬 - to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
• 將 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general