bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi

Traditional: 不見棺材不落淚

不见棺材不落泪 (bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom); fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
  2. 2fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

Characters in 不见棺材不落泪

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