成语故事：覆水难收 What is lost is lost

成语故事：覆水难收 What is lost is lost

覆水难收 

fù shuǐ nán shōu

What is lost is lost

覆 means to pour, 水 means water, 难 means hard to do or difficult, 收 means to retrieve.

Literal meaning: spilt water can never be recovered

Explanation: to describe any action which would be impossible to reverse or undo

E.g

没有人能拯救他们的婚姻，已经覆水难收了。

méi yǒu rén néng zhěng jiù tā men de hūn yīn ，yǐ jīng fù shuǐ nán shōu le 。

Nobody can save their marriage, what is lost is lost.

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