Gài guān lùn dìng.

蓋棺論定。

Lit [Only after they have] shut the coffin [can one] pronounce certainly.

Fig Final judgment can be passed on a person only after he or she dies.

Note [Note: gàiguān-lùndìng has become a set literary expression.]

Topics DEATH FINALITY gàiguān-lùndìng JUDGMENTS literary_expression