kāi​gōng​méi​yǒu​huí​tóu​jiàn

commitment

开弓没有回头箭 (開弓沒有回頭箭) kāi​gōng​méi​yǒu​huí​tóu​jiàn
commitment
The necessity or resolve to finish what one has started and reach one's goals despite any setbacks or difficulties encountered.
irreversibility
Literally meaning a shot arrow cannot be retrieved, it refers to a situation where once an action has been initiated, it cannot be stopped or reversed.

Frequency

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0.178 per million

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)