飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙 fàn hòu yī zhī yān ， sài guò huó shén xiān

DEFINITIONS

  1. have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)

CHARACTERS

飯 fàn cooked rice; food; meal
後 hòu behind, rear, after; descendents
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
支 zhī
HSK 4
disperse, pay; support; branch
煙 yān smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
賽 sài compete, contend; contest, race
過 guò pass, pass through, go across
活 huó
HSK 4
live, exist, survive; lively
神 shén
HSK 5
spirit, god, supernatural being
仙 xiān
HSK 6
Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal