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善罢甘休

shàn bà gān xiū

4-character word Traditional 善罷甘休

What 善罢甘休 means

1. idiomto let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)

The characters in 善罢甘休

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 罢bàto stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 甘gān(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦; to be willing (to do sth)
• 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.

• 善罢干休variant of 善罢甘休