- 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
Characters
- 覆 (覆): to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize
- 水 (水): surname Shui
- 难 (難): difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 收 (收): to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 覆水难收
- MDBG: 覆水难收
- Examples with 覆水难收 on Tatoeba
Examples
覆水难收。