野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 in English ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
  • metaphorically cannot be easily eliminated
  • abbreviation to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]

Simplified Characters

野 火 烧 不 尽 ， 春 风 吹 又 生

Traditional Characters

野 火 燒 不 盡 ， 春 風 吹 又 生

Pinyin

ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

野ye3old variant of 野[ye3] 火huo3surname Huo 烧shao1to burn 不bu4(negative prefix) 尽jin3to the greatest extent ， 春chun1old variant of 春[chun1] 风feng1wind 吹chui1to blow 又you4(once) again 生sheng1to be born