事不关己,高高挂起
Traditional form:
事不關己,高高掛起
Pinyin (reading):
shìbùguānjǐ,gāogāoguàqǐ
Definitions:
- to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
Characters:
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 挂 - to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Traditional characters:
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 掛 - to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up