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反水
fǎn​shuǐ

to defect

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 反水不收 fǎn​shuǐ​bù​shōu what is done cannot be undone
    literally meaning spilled water cannot be gathered up again, this idiom describes a situation that has reached a point of no return where regret is useless