过五关斩六将

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

five / 5

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

to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop

six / 6

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[ba3])

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

to desire / to invite / to request

(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)