不要在一棵树上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ

there's more than one way to skin a cat

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. there's more than one way to skin a cat
  2. 2. don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
not; no; (negative prefix)
to want; going to (as future auxiliary); must
(located) at; (to be) in
one; 1; single
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
tree; to set up; to cultivate
to go up; on top; above
to hang up; to suspend; to condole with
to die; extremely; inflexible