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既来之,则安之
jì lái zhī,zé ān zhī
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基本释义
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- [ jì lái zhī,zé ān zhī ]
- 既:已经;来之:使之来;安之:使之安。 原意是既然把他们招抚来,就要把他们安顿下来。后指既然来了,就要在这里安下心来。
- 出 处
- 《论语·季氏》:“夫如是,故远人不服,则修文德以来之。既来之,则安之。”
- 英文翻译
- If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
- Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.
- 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.