兔子尾巴长不了 in English tu4 zi5 wei3 ba5 chang2 bu5 liao3 Meaning

Meanings

• rabbits don't have long tails (idiomatic expression)
• its days are numbered
• won't last long

Pinyin

tu4 zi5 wei3 ba5 chang2 bu5 liao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

兔tu4variant of 兔[tu4] 子zi5son 尾wei3tail 巴ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) 长zhang3length 不bu4(negative prefix) 了le5(completed action marker)