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不见棺材不落泪

bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi

7-character word Traditional 不見棺材不落淚

What 不见棺材不落泪 means

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

The characters in 不见棺材不落泪

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 棺guāncoffin
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 泪lèi(bound form) tears; teardrops