兔子尾巴长不了

tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo

rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)

its days are numbered; won't last long

兔

tù

variant of 兔[tu4]

子

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

尾

wěi

tail

巴

ba

the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality

长

cháng

long

不

bu

no; not so

了

liǎo

(of eyes) bright