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留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
简 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 · 繁 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒Mandarin · pinyin liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
Meanings
- While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
Characters in this entry
- 留
- liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
- 得
- dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
- 青
- qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
- 山
- shān · mountain, hill, peak
- 在
- zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 怕
- pà · to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive
- 沒
- méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
- 柴
- chái · firewood, faggots, fuel
- 燒
- shāo · burn; bake; heat; roast
- 没
- méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink
- 烧
- shāo · burn; bake; heat; roast
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lau4 dak1 cing1 saan1 zoi6 ，bat1 paa3 mut6 caai4 siu1
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