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覆水难收

fù shuǐ nán shōu

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Definitions

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

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覆水难收
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5092089)

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