存而不论 — “To leave a question open”
存而不论 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to leave a question open”. To reserve an issue without discussing it for the time being. Literally, “Reserve without discussing”.
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对于那些暂时无法达成共识的议题，我们决定先存而不论，待日后再寻求解决方案。
For those issues where a consensus cannot be reached for now, we decided to leave them open and seek solutions at a later date.
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- cún存wáng亡wēi危jí急zhī之qiū秋a make-or-break moment
- cún存wáng亡ān安wēi危survival, ruin, security, and peril
- cún存wáng亡wèi未bǔ卜fate unknown
- cún存wáng亡jué绝xù续at a critical juncture of survival or extinction
- cún存wáng亡jì继jué绝preserve the extant, revive the extinct
- cún存wáng亡xù续jué绝restore what is near extinction
- cún存shí十yī一yú于qiān千bǎi百few remain out of many
- cún存xīn心bù不liáng良to harbor evil intentions
- cún存xīn心yǎng养xìng性preserve innocence and cultivate virtue
- cún存xīn心jī积lǜ虑Harbor deep-seated intentions
- cún存ér而bù不yì议defer discussion without deliberation
- cún存róng荣méi没āi哀honored in life, mourned in death
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What does 存而不论 mean?
存而不论 (cún ér bù lùn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to leave a question open”.
How do you pronounce 存而不论?
存而不论 is pronounced cún ér bù lùn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 存而不论 literally mean?
Literally, 存而不论 means “Reserve without discussing”. It is used to mean “to leave a question open”.
What is the Chinese definition of 存而不论?
存：保留。指把问题保留下来，暂不讨论。