留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

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

old variant of 留[liu2]

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

old variant of 留[liu2]

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province

green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)

Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei / Qingshan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia

green hills / (the good) life

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though

surname Pa

to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps

(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)

to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head