火烧芭蕉,心不死火燒芭蕉,心不死火燒芭蕉,心不死

Fire burns a banana plant: the heart doesn't die

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of someone who fails but refuses to give up and hopes for a comeback.
Wordplay: 心 (xīn) means the plant's inner core and also one's will or ambition.

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Simplified: 火烧芭蕉,心不死
Traditional (Taiwan): 火燒芭蕉,心不死
Pinyin: huǒshāo bājiāo,xīn bù sǐ
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠㄅㄚㄐㄧㄠ,ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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