覆水难收
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's done is done and can't be reversed; the damage is done
idiom
Traditional: 覆水難收
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- (idiom) spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
- it's no use crying over spilt milk
- what's done is done and can't be reversed
- the damage is done
- once divorced, there's no reuniting
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Related Words
既往不咎(jì wǎng bù jiù)— to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
→替古人担忧(tì gǔ rén dān yōu)— to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
→替古人耽忧(tì gǔ rén dān yōu)— to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
→夹生饭(jiā shēng fàn)— half cooked rice
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