中文翻译与英英解释

〔拉丁语〕 对于死者唯有称美。

de:    de2 〔法语〕 ＝ of from. de haut ...

nil:    n. 无，零。 three goals to nil 【 ...

nisi:    adj. 【法律】非最后的，非绝对的。 decree [ ...

The Latin phrase De mortuis nihil nisi bonum (“Of the dead, nothing unless good”), also De mortuis nil nisi bene [dicendum] (“Of the dead, nothing [spoken] unless good”) indicates that it is socially inappropriate to speak ill of the dead. As a mortuary aphorism, De mortuis.