不見棺材不掉淚
bú​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​diào​lèi

not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin

  • created reference approved 不见棺材不掉泪/不見棺材不掉淚 → 不见棺材不流泪/不見棺材不流淚 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不见棺材不掉泪 / 不見棺材不掉淚 bú​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​diào​lèi

    不见棺材不流泪 / 不見棺材不流淚 bù​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​liú​lèi

    synonym

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  • created reference approved 不见棺材不掉泪/不見棺材不掉淚 → 不见棺材不下泪/不見棺材不下淚 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不见棺材不掉泪 / 不見棺材不掉淚 bú​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​diào​lèi

    不见棺材不下泪 / 不見棺材不下淚 bù​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​xià​lèi

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 不见棺材不掉泪/不見棺材不掉淚 · bú​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​diào​lèi · not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不见棺材不掉泪 / 不見棺材不掉淚

    bú​jiàn​guān​cai​bù​diào​lèi

    not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin

    refers to someone who is extremely stubborn and will not admit their mistakes or give up until they face total failure or disaster

    bú​jiàn​guān​cái​bù​diào​lèi

    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 掉泪 (literal) → 掉泪/掉淚 · diào​lèi · to shed tears

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

    created sense