車到山前必有路

Chinese

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	mountain; hill	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	road; path; way
trad. (車到山前必有路)		車	到	山	前	必	有	路
simp. (车到山前必有路)		车	到	山	前	必	有	路
Literally: “A cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēdàoshānqiánbìyǒulù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ dou³ saan¹ cin⁴ bit¹ jau⁵ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēdàoshānqiánbìyǒulù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chedàoshanciánbìyǒulù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-tao⁴-shan¹-chʻien²-pi⁴-yu³-lu⁴
    • Yale: chē-dàu-shān-chyán-bì-yǒu-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chedawshanchyanbihyeouluh
    • Palladius: чэдаошаньцяньбиюлу (čɛdaošanʹcjanʹbijulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ dou³ saan¹ cin⁴ bit¹ jau⁵ lou⁶
    • Yale: chē dou sāan chìhn bīt yáuh louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ dou³ saan¹ tsin⁴ bit⁷ jau⁵ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ dou³ san¹ qin⁴ bid¹ yeo⁵ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ tou̯³³ saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ lou̯²²/

Proverb

車到山前必有路

1. we'll cross that bridge when we come to it; things will eventually sort themselves out

Synonyms

• 船到橋頭自然直／船到桥头自然直 (chuán dào qiáotóu zìrán zhí)