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千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席
简 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 · 繁 千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席Mandarin · pinyin qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
Meanings
- even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
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- 千
- qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- 里
- lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
- 搭
- dā · join together, attach to; add to
- 長
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
- 棚
- péng · tent, awning; booth; shed
- 沒
- méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 散
- sàn · scatter, disperse, break up
- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 宴
- yàn · to entertain, feast; a feast, banquet
- 席
- xí · seat; mat; take seat; banquet
- 长
- zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
- 没
- méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink
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cin1 lei5 daap3 coeng4 paang4 ，mut6 jau5 bat1 saan3 dik1 jin3 zik6
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