留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo

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1. While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

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Child Words of 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 在 在 zài: to exist; to be alive
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 得 得 dé: to obtain
• 得 得 de: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
• 得 得 děi: to have to
• 怕 怕 pà: to be afraid
• 没 没 méi: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 没 没 mò: drowned
• 烧 烧 shāo: to burn
• 留 留 liú: to leave (a message etc)
• 青 青 qīng: green
• 不怕 不怕 bù pà: fearless
• 柴 柴 chái: firewood
• 青山 青山 qīng shān: Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei