成事不說
chéng​shì​bù​shuō

let bygones be bygones

  • created reference approved 成事不说/成事不說 → 遂事不谏/遂事不諫 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    成事不说 / 成事不說 chéng​shì​bù​shuō

    遂事不谏 / 遂事不諫 suì​shì​bù​jiàn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 成事不说/成事不說 → 既往不咎 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    成事不说 / 成事不說 chéng​shì​bù​shuō

    既往不咎 jì​wǎng​bù​jiù

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 成事不说/成事不說 · chéng​shì​bù​shuō · let bygones be bygones — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    成事不说 / 成事不說

    chéng​shì​bù​shuō

    let bygones be bygones

    There is no use talking about things that are already done; a phrase used to express that once something is finished, one should not dwell on it or criticize it. Often used alongside [[遂事不谏|遂事不諫|sui4 shi4 bu4 jian4]] and [[既往不咎|既往不咎|ji4 wang3 bu4 jiu4]].

    成事 (literal) → 成事 · chéng​shì · accomplished fact 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to explain

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

    created sense