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覆水难收 (覆水難收)

fù shuǐ nán shōu

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

覆
=
⻃
+
彳
+
复
水
=
亅
+
？
难
=
又
+
隹
收
=
丩
+
攵

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