善罢甘休 — Chinese idiom
善罢甘休
shàn bà gān xiū
Traditional: 善罷甘休
Meaning
- to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)
Character by character
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 罢bàto cease, to finish, to stop, to quit
- 甘gānsweet, tasty; willing
- 休xiūto rest; to stop; to retire
Idioms sharing a character
- 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
- 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
- 善自为谋 shàn zì wéi móu
- 善自珍摄 shàn zì zhēn shè
- 善解人意 shàn jiě rén yì
- 善财难舍 shàn cái nán shě
- 多愁善感 duō chóu shàn gǎn
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