既往不咎

Chinese

		the past; that which happened in the past; mistakes in the past	not; no	blame
trad. (既往不咎)		既往	不	咎
simp. #(既往不咎)		既往	不	咎
anagram		不咎既往
Literally: “Things that are past, it is needless to blame.”

Etymology

From the Analects.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìwǎngbùjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ wong⁵ bat¹ gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìwǎngbùjiù [Phonetic: jìwǎngbújiù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìwǎngbùjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-wang³-pu⁴-chiu⁴
    • Yale: jì-wǎng-bù-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihwoangbujiow
    • Palladius: цзиванбуцзю (czivanbuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ wong⁵ bat¹ gau³
    • Yale: gei wóhng bāt gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ wong⁵ bat⁷ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ wong⁵ bed¹ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ wɔːŋ¹³ pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³³/

Idiom

既往不咎

1. to let bygones be bygones

Synonyms

• 不咎既往 (bùjiùjìwǎng)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
既	往	不	咎

Idiom

既往不咎

1. chữ Hán form of kí vãng bất cữu (“On things that are past, it is needless to pursue past mistakes.”).