| 过五关斩六将 |
guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng |
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
| 关 |
Guān |
surname Guan |
| 关 |
guān |
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve |
| 斩 |
zhǎn |
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop |
| 六 |
liù |
six / 6 |
| 将 |
jiāng |
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) |
| 将 |
jiàng |
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) |
| 将 |
qiāng |
to desire / to invite / to request |