野火烧不尽，春风吹又生
Traditional: 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生Dictionary entry
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
What does 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 mean?
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 (yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
2fig. cannot be easily eliminated
3abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]
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野yěold variant of 野[ye3]火Huǒsurname Huo烧shāoto burn; to set on fire · to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-尽jǐnto the greatest extent · (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme春chūnold variant of 春[chun1]风fēngwind · news吹chuīto blow · to play a wind instrument
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野火烧不尽，春风吹又生
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