不见棺材不落泪

lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

coffin

coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]

material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement

to shed tears / to weep

tears