盖棺定论 — Chinese idiom
盖棺定论
gài guān dìng lùn
Traditional: 蓋棺定論
Meaning
- don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin
Character by character
- 盖gàito cover, to hide, to protect
- 棺guāncoffin
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
- 论lùndebate; discussion
Idioms sharing a character
- 劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn
- 功高盖主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ
- 才华盖世 cái huá gài shì
- 欲盖弥彰 yù gài mí zhāng
- 盖棺论定 gài guān lùn dìng
- 铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 人定胜天 rén dìng shèng tiān
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 尘埃落定 chén āi luò dìng
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