覆水難收

fùshuǐnánshōu

spilt water can't be gathered up—what is done can't be undone

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fu4 shui3 nan2 shou1

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

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覆水難收|覆水难收 [fù shuǐ nán shōu] ► 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