覆水不可收覆水不可收覆水不可收

spilled water cannot be gathered back

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: What's been said or done can't be undone. Close to 'there's no use crying over spilt milk'.

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Simplified: 覆水不可收
Pinyin: fùshuǐ bùkě shōu
Bopomofo: ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄡ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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