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善罢甘休
shàn​bà​gān​xiū

to let the matter rest

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn​bà​gān​xiū
to let the matter rest
to be willing to let a matter go or stop a dispute; often used in the negative to mean one will not let something go until satisfied

Frequency

Written text
0.492 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 善罢干休 shàn​bà​gān​xiū

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)