既往不咎 in English ji4 wang3 bu4 jiu4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to forget and not bear recriminations (idiomatic expression); to let bygones be bygones
  • There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

Simplified Characters

既 往 不 咎

Traditional Characters

既 往 不 咎

Pinyin

ji4 wang3 bu4 jiu4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

既ji4already 往wang3to go (in a direction) 不bu4(negative prefix) 咎jiu4fault