老天爺餓不死瞎家雀 lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
  2. fig. don't give up hope
  3. if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel

CHARACTERS

老 lǎo
HSK 1
old, aged; experienced
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
爺 yé father, grandfather
餓 è hungry; greedy for; hunger
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
死 sǐ
HSK 4
die; dead; death
瞎 xiā
HSK 5
blind, reckless; rash
家 jiā
HSK 1
house, home, residence; family
雀 què
HSK 6
sparrow