sì​mǎ​nán​zhuī

what is said cannot be unsaid

驷马难追 駟馬難追 sì​mǎ​nán​zhuī
what is said cannot be unsaid
A team of four horses cannot catch up with a spoken word; used to mean that once something is said, it cannot be taken back

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