尘埃落定 in English chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the dust has settled (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to get sorted out
  • to be finalized

Simplified Characters

尘 埃 落 定

Traditional Characters

塵 埃 落 定

Pinyin

chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

尘chen2dust 埃ai1abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2] 落luo4to leave out 定ding4to set