尘埃落定 — Chinese idiom
尘埃落定
chén āi luò dìng
Traditional: 塵埃落定
Meaning
- lit. the dust has settled
- fig. to get sorted out
- to be finalized
Character by character
- 尘chéncinders, ashes, dust, dirt
- 埃āifine dust; dirt; Angstrom
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
Idioms sharing a character
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一骑绝尘 yī qí jué chén
- 望尘莫及 wàng chén mò jí
- 满脸风尘 mǎn liǎn fēng chén
- 甚嚣尘上 shèn xiāo chén shàng
- 看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén
- 逸尘断鞅 yì chén duàn yāng
- 风尘仆仆 fēng chén pú pú
- 涓埃之力 juān āi zhī lì
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
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