不見棺材不下淚
bù​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​xià​lèi

not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin

  • created sense approved 不见棺材不下泪/不見棺材不下淚 · bù​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​xià​lèi · not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不见棺材不下泪 / 不見棺材不下淚

    bù​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​xià​lèi

    not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin

    to refuse to give up or be convinced until faced with the finality of death or total disaster; stubborn to the point of folly

    不见 (literal) → 不见/不見 · bù​jiàn · not to see 棺材 (literal) → 棺材 · guān​cai · coffin 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to fall 泪 (literal) → 泪/淚 · lèi · tears

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense