生米熟饭 — Chinese idiom
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
Traditional: 生米熟飯
Meaning
- abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked ; fig. it is done and can't be changed
- It's too late to change anything now.
Character by character
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 米mǐrice, millet, grain
- 熟shúwell-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
- 饭fànmeal, food; cooked rice
Idioms sharing a character
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 一线生机 yī xiàn shēng jī
- 七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān
- 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng
- 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
- 了无生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù
- 人生如梦 rén shēng rú mèng
- 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
- 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ
- 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ
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