反水不收
fǎn​shuǐ​bù​shōu

what is done cannot be undone

  • created reference approved 反水不收 → 覆水难收/覆水難收 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    反水不收 fǎn​shuǐ​bù​shōu

    覆水难收 / 覆水難收 fù​shuǐ​nán​shōu

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 反水不收 · fǎn​shuǐ​bù​shōu · what is done cannot be undone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    反水 (literal) → 反水 · fǎn​shuǐ · to defect 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 收 (literal) → 收 · shōu · to collect

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

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