既来之,则安之

既来之,则安之
jìláizhī,zé'ānzhī
since you are here, you may as well stay and make the best of it
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ji4 lai2 zhi1 , ze2 an1 zhi1
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy., Since this is so, we should accept it., Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth., If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
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既來之,則安之|既来之,则安之 [jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī] Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. Since this is so, we should accept it. Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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