盖棺论定 in English gai4 guan1 lun4 ding4 Meaning

Meanings

  • don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

盖 棺 论 定

Traditional Characters

蓋 棺 論 定

Pinyin

gai4 guan1 lun4 ding4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

盖gai4surname Ge 棺guan1coffin 论lun4abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius) 定ding4to set