多栽花少栽刺

Traditional form:

多栽花少栽刺

Pinyin (reading):

duōzāihuāshǎozāicì

Definitions:

• talk nicely and avoid disputes
• give compliments and not remarks

Characters:

• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 栽 - to cultivate, to plant, to tend
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 栽 - to cultivate, to plant, to tend
• 刺 - to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod

Traditional characters:

• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 栽 - to cultivate, to plant, to tend
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 栽 - to cultivate, to plant, to tend
• 刺 - to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod