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)

千

qiān

used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

里

lǐ

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m

搭

dā

to put up

长

cháng

long

棚

péng

shed

，

,

没

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

有

yǒu

to have; there is

不

bù

no; not so

散

sàn

to scatter

的

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

宴

yàn

variant of 宴[yan4]

席

xí

woven mat (variant of 席[xi2])