千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席

qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí

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

qiān

used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m

to put up

cháng

long

péng

shed

,

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

yǒu

to have; there is

no; not so

sàn

to scatter

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

yàn

variant of 宴[yan4]

woven mat (variant of 席[xi2])