"生米煮成熟飯" meaning in Chinese

See 生米煮成熟飯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵ fän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚² faːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵ fän⁵¹/, /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/, /saːŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚² faːn²²/ Chinese transliterations: shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shóufàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ ㄈㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saang¹ mai⁵ zyu² sing⁴ suk⁶ faan⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn [Phonetic:shēngmízhǔchéngshúfàn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shengmǐ jhǔchéng shúfàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹-mi³ chu³-chʻêng² shu²-fan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shēng-mǐ jǔ-chéng shú-fàn [Mandarin, Yale], shengmii juucherng shwufann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэнми чжучэн шуфань [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛnmi čžučɛn šufanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shóufàn [Phonetic:shēngmízhǔchéngshóufàn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shengmǐ jhǔchéng shóufàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shêng¹-mi³ chu³-chʻêng² shou²-fan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shēng-mǐ jǔ-chéng shóu-fàn [Mandarin, Yale], shengmii juucherng shourfann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэнми чжучэн шоуфань [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛnmi čžučɛn šoufanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sāang máih jyú sìhng suhk faahn [Cantonese, Yale], saang¹ mai⁵ dzy² sing⁴ suk⁹ faan⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sang¹ mei⁵ ju² xing⁴ sug⁶ fan⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 生米煮成熟饭
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 生米煮成熟飯
  1. there is no turning back; what's done is done; you can't turn back the clock Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 米已成炊 (mǐyǐchéngchuī), 生米做成熟飯/生米做成熟饭, 生米做成熟飯, 生米做成熟饭
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      "form": "生米煮成熟饭",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "raw rice has become cooked",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "english": "What's done is done. You should bravely face reality, and think of a solution.",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè jiàn shì yǐjīng shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn le, nǐ yīnggāi yǒnggǎn de miànduì xiànshí, sīliáng jiějué zhī dào.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這件事已經生米煮成熟飯了,你應該勇敢地面對現實,思量解決之道。",
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          "english": "What's done is done. You should bravely face reality, and think of a solution.",
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "Zhè jiàn shì yǐjīng shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn le, nǐ yīnggāi yǒnggǎn de miànduì xiànshí, sīliáng jiějué zhī dào.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这件事已经生米煮成熟饭了,你应该勇敢地面对现实,思量解决之道。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "there is no turning back; what's done is done; you can't turn back the clock"
      ],
      "id": "en-生米煮成熟飯-zh-phrase-xIrhF0HX",
      "links": [
        [
          "what's done is done",
          "what's done is done"
        ],
        [
          "turn back the clock",
          "turn back the clock"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "mǐyǐchéngchuī",
          "word": "米已成炊"
        },
        {
          "word": "生米做成熟飯/生米做成熟饭"
        },
        {
          "word": "生米做成熟飯"
        },
        {
          "word": "生米做成熟饭"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shóufàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ ㄈㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ mai⁵ zyu² sing⁴ suk⁶ faan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn [Phonetic:shēngmízhǔchéngshúfàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmǐ jhǔchéng shúfàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-mi³ chu³-chʻêng² shu²-fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-mǐ jǔ-chéng shú-fàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmii juucherng shwufann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнми чжучэн шуфань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnmi čžučɛn šufanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵ fän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shóufàn [Phonetic:shēngmízhǔchéngshóufàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmǐ jhǔchéng shóufàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-mi³ chu³-chʻêng² shou²-fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-mǐ jǔ-chéng shóu-fàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmii juucherng shourfann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнми чжучэн шоуфань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnmi čžučɛn šoufanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāang máih jyú sìhng suhk faahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ mai⁵ dzy² sing⁴ suk⁹ faan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ mei⁵ ju² xing⁴ sug⁶ fan⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚² faːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shēngmízhǔchéngshúfàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵ fän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shēngmízhǔchéngshóufàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚² faːn²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生米煮成熟飯"
}
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      "form": "生米煮成熟饭",
      "raw_tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "生米煮成熟飯",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "raw rice has become cooked",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 成",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 煮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 熟",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 米",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 飯",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
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        "Pages with entries"
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          "english": "What's done is done. You should bravely face reality, and think of a solution.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè jiàn shì yǐjīng shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn le, nǐ yīnggāi yǒnggǎn de miànduì xiànshí, sīliáng jiějué zhī dào.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這件事已經生米煮成熟飯了,你應該勇敢地面對現實,思量解決之道。",
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        {
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          "english": "What's done is done. You should bravely face reality, and think of a solution.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè jiàn shì yǐjīng shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn le, nǐ yīnggāi yǒnggǎn de miànduì xiànshí, sīliáng jiějué zhī dào.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这件事已经生米煮成熟饭了,你应该勇敢地面对现实,思量解决之道。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "there is no turning back; what's done is done; you can't turn back the clock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what's done is done",
          "what's done is done"
        ],
        [
          "turn back the clock",
          "turn back the clock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shóufàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄡˊ ㄈㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ mai⁵ zyu² sing⁴ suk⁶ faan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shúfàn [Phonetic:shēngmízhǔchéngshúfàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmǐ jhǔchéng shúfàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-mi³ chu³-chʻêng² shu²-fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-mǐ jǔ-chéng shú-fàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmii juucherng shwufann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнми чжучэн шуфань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnmi čžučɛn šufanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵ fän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēngmǐ zhǔchéng shóufàn [Phonetic:shēngmízhǔchéngshóufàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmǐ jhǔchéng shóufàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shêng¹-mi³ chu³-chʻêng² shou²-fan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shēng-mǐ jǔ-chéng shóu-fàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shengmii juucherng shourfann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэнми чжучэн шоуфань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛnmi čžučɛn šoufanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sāang máih jyú sìhng suhk faahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saang¹ mai⁵ dzy² sing⁴ suk⁹ faan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sang¹ mei⁵ ju² xing⁴ sug⁶ fan⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚² faːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shēngmízhǔchéngshúfàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂu³⁵ fän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shēngmízhǔchéngshóufàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ fän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːŋ⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³ t͡syː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ sʊk̚² faːn²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mǐyǐchéngchuī",
      "word": "米已成炊"
    },
    {
      "word": "生米做成熟飯/生米做成熟饭"
    },
    {
      "word": "生米做成熟飯"
    },
    {
      "word": "生米做成熟饭"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生米煮成熟飯"
}

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