跑出去的马好抓，说出去的话难追跑出去的馬好抓，說出去的話難追跑出去的馬好抓，説出去的話難追

a horse that has run off is easy to catch; words that have been spoken are hard to chase

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Words cannot be taken back once said, so don't speak carelessly. Close to 'a word spoken is past recalling'.

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Simplified: 跑出去的马好抓，说出去的话难追
Traditional (Taiwan): 跑出去的馬好抓，說出去的話難追
Traditional (Hong Kong): 跑出去的馬好抓，説出去的話難追
Pinyin: pǎo chūqù de mǎ hǎo zhuā, shuō chūqù dehuà nán zhuī
Bopomofo: ㄆㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄑㄩˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄚ，ㄕㄨㄛㄔㄨㄑㄩˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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