to persist or continue despite being repeatedly prohibited or banned

Literally "the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease"; used to describe how objective circumstances often go against one's wishes. It is frequently used alongside [[子欲养而亲不待|子欲養而親不待|zi3 yu4 yang3 er2 qin1 bu4 dai4]] to lament that by the time children are ready to care for their parents, the parents have already passed away.

If you do not block one thing, another cannot flow; if you do not stop one thing, another cannot move forward. This proverb means that unless old or harmful ideas are abolished, new or correct ones cannot be established or promoted.

on more than one occasion; many times

while there is life, the fight continues; to fight to the last; to keep fighting as long as one draws breath