覆水難收 — fu4 shui3 nan2 shou1 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

fu⁴ shui³ nan² shou¹

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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Pronunciations

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As word

1

fu⁴

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

2

shui³

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

3

nan²

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

4

shou¹

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