覆水难收 in English fu4 shui3 nan2 shou1 Meaning

Meanings

  • spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiomatic expression)
  • 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

Simplified Characters

覆 水 难 收

Traditional Characters

覆 水 難 收

Pinyin

fu4 shui3 nan2 shou1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

覆fu4variant of 復|复[fu4] 水shui3surname Shui 难nan2difficult (to...) 收shou1to receive