盖棺定论 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 蓋棺定論 gàiguāndìnglùn ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom) Character by character 盖(gài)lid 棺(guān)coffin 定(dìng)fix 论(lùn)opinion A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0