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潑水難收 (put3 seoi2 naan4 sau1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

潑水難收 (put3 seoi2 naan4 sau1, pō shuǐ nán shōu) — water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 潑墨 (put3 mak6) — ink splashing
• 潑 (put3) — (adjective) Vigorous; to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
• 潑冷水 (put3 laang5 seoi2) — to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
• 潑出去的水 (put3 ceot1 heoi3 dik1 seoi2) — spilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk
• 潑婦 (put3 fu5) — shrew; vixen
• 潑婦罵街 (put3 fu5 maa6 gaai1) — shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

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