liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两
liǎng
two
国
guó
country; nation; state
相
xiāng
each other
争
zhēng
to strive for
，
,
不
bù
no; not so
斩
zhǎn
to behead (as form of capital punishment)
来
lái
to come
使
shǐ
to make
