两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng​guó​xiāng​zhēng​bù​zhǎn​lái​shǐ

do not execute envoys

  1. 两国 兩國 liǎng​guó noun
    both countries
    both countries; the two countries
  2. 相争 相爭 xiāng​zhēng
    to compete; conflict
    to compete or fight with each other; mutual aggression or conflict
  3. ， bù
    non-Chinese
  4. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  5. 斩 斬 zhǎn
    to behead
    to behead; to execute by decapitation, especially as a form of capital punishment in historical contexts
  6. 来使 來使 lái​shǐ
    messenger
    an envoy or messenger sent from another party or place