覆水难收

MEANING

1. 壹形adjective

   spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)

   • fùshuǐnánshōu,hòuhuǐyěláibùjíle.

     覆水难收，后悔也来不及了。🔊

     Once water is spilled, it cannot be gathered back up, and regret will come too late.

2. 貳形adjective

   it's no use crying over spilt milk

   • fùshuǐnánshōu,biézàixiǎngle.

     覆水难收，别再想了。🔊

     Spilled water is hard to recover; don't think about it anymore.

3. 參形adjective

   what's done is done and can't be reversed

   • fùshuǐnánshōu,wǒmenzhīnéngxiàngqiánkàn.

     覆水难收，我们只能向前看。🔊

     Spilled water cannot be gathered back up; we can only look forward.

4. 肆形adjective

   the damage is done

   • fùshuǐnánshōu,hòuhuǐyěláibùjíle.

     覆水难收，后悔也来不及了。🔊

     Spilled water is hard to recover; regret comes too late.

5. 伍形adjective

   once divorced, there's no reuniting

   • fùshuǐnánshōu,wǒmenhuíbúqùle.

     覆水难收，我们回不去了。🔊

     Spilled water is hard to recover; we cannot go back now.