kāi​gōng​méi​yǒu​huí​tóu​jiàn

once an arrow is shot, there is no turning back

  • created sense approved 开弓没有回头箭/開弓沒有回頭箭 · kāi​gōng​méi​yǒu​huí​tóu​jiàn · once an arrow is shot, there is no turning back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开弓没有回头箭 / 開弓沒有回頭箭

    kāi​gōng​méi​yǒu​huí​tóu​jiàn

    once an arrow is shot, there is no turning back

    Once you have started something, there is no way to turn back and you must see it through to the end.

    开弓 (literal) → 开弓/開弓 · kāi​gōng · to draw a bow 没有 (literal) → 没有/沒有 · méi​yǒu · to not have 回头 (literal) → 回头/回頭 · huí​tóu · to turn around 箭 (literal) → 箭 · jiàn · arrow

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

    created sense