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覆水难收

fù shuǐ nán shōu

Definitions

•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

Child Words of 覆水难收