花有重开日，人无再少年

Traditional form:

花有重開日，人無再少年

Pinyin (reading):

huāyǒuchóngkāirì,rénwúzàishàonián

Definitions:

• a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)

Characters:

• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 人 - man, person; people
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 再 - again, twice, re-
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age

Traditional characters:

• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 人 - man, person; people
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 再 - again, twice, re-
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age