驷不及舌
sì​bù​jí​shé

what is said cannot be unsaid

  • created reference approved 驷不及舌/駟不及舌 → 一言既出，驷马难追/一言既出，駟馬難追 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驷不及舌 / 駟不及舌 sì​bù​jí​shé

    一言既出，驷马难追 / 一言既出，駟馬難追 yī​yán​jì​chū​sì​mǎ​nán​zhuī

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 驷不及舌/駟不及舌 · sì​bù​jí​shé · what is said cannot be unsaid — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驷不及舌 / 駟不及舌

    sì​bù​jí​shé

    what is said cannot be unsaid

    A word once spoken cannot be overtaken even by a team of four horses; used to emphasize that one should be cautious with their speech.

    驷 (literal) → 驷/駟 · sì · four-horse team 不及 (literal) → 不及 · bù​jí · to be inferior to 舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue

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

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