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善罢干休

shàn bà gān xiū

4-character word Traditional 善罷干休

What 善罢干休 means

1. variant of {善罢甘休|shàn bà gān xiū}

The characters in 善罢干休

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 罢bàto stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease

Sounds the same

Read shàn bà gān xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 善罢甘休(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down…