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覆水難收

fùshuǐnánshōu

ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ

Simplified 覆水难收

  1. 1spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4the damage is done
  5. 5once divorced, there's no reuniting
Example

覆水難收。

fùshuǐnánshōu

What is done cannot be undone.

Keep 覆水難收 and it comes back until you know it.

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