千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 in English qian1 li3 da1 chang2 peng2 , mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan4 xi2 Meaning

Meanings

  • even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

千 里 搭 长 棚 ， 没 有 不 散 的 宴 席

Traditional Characters

千 里 搭 長 棚 ， 沒 有 不 散 的 宴 席

Pinyin

qian1 li3 da1 chang2 peng2 , mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan4 xi2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

千qian1thousand 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 搭da1to put up 长zhang3length 棚peng2shed ， 没mei2(negative prefix for verbs) 有you3to have 不bu4(negative prefix) 散san4variant of 散[san4] 的de5of 宴yan4(bound form) feast 席xi2surname Xi