花无百日红 huā wú bǎi rì hóng

DEFINITIONS

  1. No flower can bloom for a hundred days.
  2. Good times do not last long. (idiom)

CHARACTERS

花 huā flower; blossoms
无 wú negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
百 bǎi one hundred; numerous, many
日 rì sun; day; daytime
红 hóng red, vermillion; blush, flush