留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liúdeqīngshānzài,bùpàméicháishāo
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

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Entry Composition

=1 留 liú old variant of 留 liú
=1 留 liú
  1. to leave (a message etc)
  2. to retain
  3. to stay
  4. to remain
  5. to keep
  6. to preserve
=1 留 liú old variant of 留 liú
2 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
3 青山 qīngshān
  1. green hills
  2. (the good) life
4 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)
5 不怕 bùpà
  1. fearless
  2. not worried (by setbacks or difficulties)
  3. even if
  4. even though
6 沒 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
7 柴 chái
  1. firewood
  2. lean (of meat)
  3. thin (of a person)
8 燒 shāo
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head