有意栽花花不活
yǒu​yì​zāi​huā​huā​bù​huó

carefully planted flowers do not bloom

  1. 有意 yǒu​yì verb + noun
    to intend
    to have a mind to do something; to be interested in doing something
  2. 栽花 zāi​huā
    to grow flowers
    to plant or grow flowers
  3. 花 huā noun
    flower
    flower; blossom; something resembling a flower, such as 雪 xuě or 浪花 làng​huā
  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. 活 huó adjective
    alive
    alive; living; in a living state