不要在一棵树上吊死

Traditional form:

不要在一棵樹上吊死

Pinyin (reading):

bùyàozàiyīkēshùshàngdiàosǐ

Definitions:

• don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
• there's more than one way to skin a cat

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 棵 - measure word for trees
• 树 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 吊 - to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 棵 - measure word for trees
• 樹 - tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
• 吊 - to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible