created sense approved 开弓没有回头箭/開弓沒有回頭箭 · kāigōngméiyǒuhuítóujiàn · 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
kāigōngméiyǒuhuítóujiàn
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 · kāigōng · to draw a bow 没有 (literal) → 没有/沒有 · méiyǒu · to not have 回头 (literal) → 回头/回頭 · huítóu · to turn around 箭 (literal) → 箭 · jiàn · arrow
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition