野火烧不尽,春风吹又生

yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)

fig. cannot be easily eliminated; abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]

野

yě

field

火

huǒ

fire

烧

shāo

to burn

不

bù

no; not so

尽

jìn

to use up

,

,

春

chūn

spring (season)

风

fēng

wind

吹

chuī

to blow

又

yòu

(once) again

生

shēng

to be born