| 生米煮成熟饭 |
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn |
the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 生米 |
shēng mǐ |
coarse rice / uncooked rice |
| 米 |
Mǐ |
surname Mi |
| 米 |
mǐ |
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 煮 |
zhǔ |
variant of 煮 |
| 煮 |
zhǔ |
to cook / to boil |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 成熟 |
chéng shú |
mature; ripe / to mature; to ripen / Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2] |
| 熟 |
shú |
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2] |
| 饭 |
fàn |
cooked rice / CL:碗 / meal / CL:顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee |