不要在一棵樹上吊死

不要在一棵树上吊死
bùyàozàiyīkēshùshàngdiàosǐ
  1. don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. there's more than one way to skin a cat

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 不要 bùyào don't!; must not
2 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
4 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
5 樹 shù
  1. tree
  2. to cultivate
  3. to set up

classifier: 棵
6 上吊 shàngdiào to hang oneself
7 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned