千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席

Traditional form:

千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席

Pinyin (reading):

qiānlǐdāchángpéng,méiyǒubùsàndeyànxí

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 搭 - to attach, to build, to join
• 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
• 棚 - shack, shed; tent, awning
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 散 - to scatter, to disperse, to break up
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 宴 - banquet, feast; to entertain
• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat

Traditional characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 搭 - to attach, to build, to join
• 長 - long, lasting; to excel in
• 棚 - shack, shed; tent, awning
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 散 - to scatter, to disperse, to break up
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 宴 - banquet, feast; to entertain
• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat