玫瑰终烬刺鸟歌尽
[méi guī zhōng jìn cì niăo gē jĭn]
Roses End in Ashes with Birds Exhausted from Singing suggests an ultimate tragedy or end of beautiful things - such as a love gone sour after burning passionately for too long. The phrase implies intense but ultimately painful romance involving hurt hearts (birds exhausted by singing) and dead roses turned to ash.