生米煮成熟饭

Traditional: 生米煮成熟飯

shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn

Dictionary entry

the rice is cooked

What does 生米煮成熟饭 mean?

生米煮成熟饭 (shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the rice is cooked

2what's done is done

3it's too late to change anything now (idiom)

Character breakdown

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生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 米Mǐsurname Mi 煮zhǔvariant of 煮[zhu3]成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]熟shúripe; mature · thoroughly cooked; done 饭fàncooked rice · CL:碗[wan3]

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How to pronounce 生米煮成熟饭

生米煮成熟饭

shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn

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