一发而不可收
yī​fā'ér​bù​kě​shōu

impossible to stop once started

  • created sense approved 一发而不可收/一發而不可收 · yī​fā'ér​bù​kě​shōu · impossible to stop once started — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一发而不可收 / 一發而不可收

    yī​fā'ér​bù​kě​shōu

    impossible to stop once started

    To be impossible to halt or control something once it has begun.

    一发 (literal) → 一发/一發 · yī​fā · once started 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [resultative linker] 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 收 (literal) → 收 · shōu · to restrain

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense