潑水難收
pō​shuǐ​nán​shōu

no crying over spilt milk

  • created sense approved 泼水难收/潑水難收 · pō​shuǐ​nán​shōu · no crying over spilt milk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    泼水难收 / 潑水難收

    pō​shuǐ​nán​shōu

    no crying over spilt milk

    water once spilt cannot be retrieved; used to describe a situation or change that is irreversible

    泼水 (literal) → 泼水/潑水 · pō​shuǐ · to splash water 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 收 (literal) → 收 · shōu · to collect

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

    created sense