船到码头,车到站 船到碼頭,車到站 船到碼頭,車到站

the boat reaches the dock, the cart reaches the station

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Meaning
To rest content with what you have achieved and stop making progress. Critical in the book's sense; it is also used for 'things settle when the time comes'.
Simplified
船到码头,车到站
Traditional (Taiwan)
船到碼頭,車到站
Pinyin
chuán dào mǎtou,chē dào zhàn
Bopomofo
ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄔㄜ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓㄢˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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