多栽花少栽刺

duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì

talk nicely and avoid disputes

give compliments and not remarks

多

duō

many; much; more; a lot of

栽

zāi

to plant; to grow

花

huā

variant of 花[hua1]

少

shǎo

few

栽

zāi

to plant; to grow

刺

cì

thorn