墮甑不顧
duò​zèng​bù​gù

don't cry over spilt milk

  • created sense approved 堕甑不顾/墮甑不顧 · duò​zèng​bù​gù · don't cry over spilt milk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    堕甑不顾 / 墮甑不顧

    duò​zèng​bù​gù

    don't cry over spilt milk

    (idiom) Lit. not looking back at a shattered pot; implies that once something is done and cannot be changed, there is no use in regretting it.

    duò​zèng​bú​gù

    堕 (literal) → 堕/墮 · duò · to fall 甑 (literal) → 甑 · zèng · ancient steamer 不顾 (literal) → 不顾/不顧 · bù​gù · to disregard

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

    created sense