既往不咎 — Chinese idiom
既往不咎
jì wǎng bù jiù
Meaning
- to forget and not bear recriminations ; to let bygones be bygones
- There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
Character by character
- 既jìalready, since, then; both; de facto
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
Idioms sharing a character
- 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 往事已矣 wǎng shì yǐ yǐ
- 无往不利 wú wǎng bù lì
- 熙来攘往 xī lái rǎng wǎng
- 独来独往 dú lái dú wǎng
- 礼尚往来 lǐ shàng wǎng lái
- 继往开来 jì wǎng kāi lái
- 迎来送往 yíng lái sòng wǎng
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