留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

Traditional form:

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

Pinyin (reading):

liúdeqīngshānzài,bùpàméicháishāo

Definitions:

• While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

Characters:

• 留 - to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message; 
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 怕 - to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname
• 烧 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast

Traditional characters:

• 留 - to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message; 
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 怕 - to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname
• 燒 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast