天下没有不散的筵席

Traditional form:

天下沒有不散的筵席

Pinyin (reading):

tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí

Definitions:

• all good things must come to an end (idiom)

Characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 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
• 筵 - bamboo mat; banquet, feast
• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat

Traditional characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 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
• 筵 - bamboo mat; banquet, feast
• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat