大河的水向东流,没法儿回头大河的水向東流,沒法兒回頭大河的水向東流,沒法兒回頭

the big river's water flows east: there's no turning back

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: What is done cannot be undone; there's no going back. Compare "water under the bridge".

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Simplified: 大河的水向东流,没法儿回头
Traditional (Taiwan): 大河的水向東流,沒法兒回頭
Pinyin: dàhé de shuǐ xiàngdōng liú,méifǎr huítóu
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄡˊ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄈㄚˇㄦㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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