不要在一棵树上吊死

Traditional: 不要在一棵樹上吊死

bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ

Dictionary entry

don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)

What does 不要在一棵树上吊死 mean?

不要在一棵树上吊死 (bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)

2there's more than one way to skin a cat

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-要yāo(bound form) to demand; to coerce 在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 一yīone · single 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc 树shùtree · CL:棵[ke1]上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]吊diàoto suspend · to hang up

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不要在一棵树上吊死

bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ

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