船行弯处须转舵,人逢绝境要回头船行彎處鬚轉舵,人逢絕境要回頭船行彎處鬚轉舵,人逢絕境要回頭

a boat must turn its rudder at a bend, a person at a dead end must turn back

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Don't be stubborn; be flexible and change course when you meet an impasse.

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Simplified: 船行弯处须转舵,人逢绝境要回头
Traditional (Taiwan): 船行彎處鬚轉舵,人逢絕境要回頭
Pinyin: chuán xíng wān chù xū zhuǎnduò,rén féng juéjìng yào huítóu
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄢㄔㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄛˋ,ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄥˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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