While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
trad. 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
Also written 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒【liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo】
Characters in this word
10留
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old variant of 留[liu2]
- Pinyin
- liú
- Traditional
- 㽞
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1365 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
青
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short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]
- Pinyin
- Qīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12152 of 2500
山
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surname Shan
- Pinyin
- Shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2411 of 2500
在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- Pinyin
- méi
- Traditional
- 沒
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 58 of 2500
柴
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surname Chai
- Pinyin
- Chái
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16820 of 2500
烧
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to burn; to set on fire, to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc), to braise, to cook; to prepare food, to run a fever, fever, (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
- Pinyin
- shāo
- Traditional
- 燒
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2173 of 2500