留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

See also: 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	green mountains; mountains with lush forests; psycho	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing		to not fear; to be fearless; to be not afraid to not fear; to be fearless; to be not afraid; even if; even though	have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	firewood	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
trad. (留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒)		留	得	青山	在	，	不怕	沒	柴	燒
simp. (留得青山在，不怕没柴烧)		留	得	青山	在	，	不怕	没	柴	烧
Literally: “As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄗㄞˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄞˊ ㄕㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo [Phonetic: liú dé qīngshān zài, búpà méi chái shāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ ㄗㄞˋ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄞˊ ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu dé cingshan zài, bùpà méi chái shao
    • Wade–Giles: liu² tê² chʻing¹-shan¹ tsai⁴, pu⁴-pʻa⁴ mei² chʻai² shao¹
    • Yale: lyóu dé chīng-shān dzài-, bù-pà méi chái shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou der chingshan tzay, bupah mei chair shau
    • Palladius: лю дэ циншань цзай, бупа мэй чай шао (lju dɛ cinšanʹ czaj, bupa mɛj čaj šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰä⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

1. while there's life, there's hope

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 留得青山在，哪怕冇柴燒／留得青山在，哪怕冇柴烧

Related terms

• 不到黃河心不死／不到黄河心不死 (bù dào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ)
• 不見棺材不掉淚／不见棺材不掉泪 (bùjiàn guāncai bù diàolèi)