盖棺论定 — Chinese idiom
盖棺论定
gài guān lùn dìng
Traditional: 蓋棺論定
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
- 论lùndebate; discussion
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
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
- 盖棺定论 gài guān dìng lùn
- 铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì
- 一概而论 yī gài ér lùn
- 品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn zú
- 坐而论道 zuò ér lùn dào
- 奇谈怪论 qí tán guài lùn
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