小心駛得萬年船

小心驶得万年船
xiǎoxīnshǐdéwànniánchuán

one can always be safe if one is careful

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 小心 xiǎoxīn
  1. to be careful
  2. to take care
2 駛 shǐ
  1. (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed
  2. (of a vehicle) to run; to go
  3. (of a boat) to sail
=3 得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=3 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=3 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=3 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
=4 萬年 Wànnián see 萬年縣 Wànnián Xiàn
=4 萬年 wànnián
  1. (figurative) all ages; eternity
  2. (figurative, rare) lifetime
  3. (～縣) Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)
  4. Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)
  5. all ages; eternity
  6. lifetime
  7. ten thousand years
=5 船 chuán variant of 船 chuán
=5 船 chuán
  1. boat
  2. vessel
  3. ship

classifiers: 條, 艘, 隻