過五關斬六將

Chinese

 
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
 five
 
to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
 behead; chop six
 
a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (過五關斬六將) 過 五 關 斬 六 將
simp. (过五关斩六将) 过 五 关 斩 六 将
Literally: “pass through five checkpoints, and slay six generals”.

Etymology

A fictional story in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng
      • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoh wuu guan jaan liow jianq
      • IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

過五關斬六將

  1. (figuratively) to get past all manner of hardships
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