遂事不谏
suì​shì​bù​jiàn

let bygones be bygones

  • created sense approved 遂事不谏/遂事不諫 · suì​shì​bù​jiàn · let bygones be bygones — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    遂事不谏 / 遂事不諫

    suì​shì​bù​jiàn

    let bygones be bygones

    what is done cannot be undone, so it is useless to offer criticism; things already completed should not be remonstrated

    遂事 (literal) → 遂事 · suì​shì · bygones 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 谏 (literal) → 谏/諫 · jiàn · to admonish

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

    created sense