| 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 |
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo |
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope. |
| 留 |
liú |
old variant of 留 |
| 留 |
liú |
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve |
| 留 |
liú |
old variant of 留 |
| 得 |
dé |
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished |
| 得 |
de |
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 |
děi |
to have to / must / ought to / to need to |
| 青 |
Qīng |
abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province |
| 青 |
qīng |
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) |
| 青山 |
Qīng shān |
Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei / Qingshan district of Baotou city 包头市, Inner Mongolia |
| 青山 |
qīng shān |
green hills / (the good) life |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不怕 |
bù pà |
fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though |
| 怕 |
Pà |
surname Pa |
| 怕 |
pà |
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps |
| 没 |
méi |
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 没 |
mò |
drowned / to end / to die / to inundate |
| 柴 |
Chái |
surname Chai |
| 柴 |
chái |
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) |
| 烧 |
shāo |
to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head |