| 覆水难收 |
fù shuǐ nán shōu |
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / 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 |
| 覆 |
fù |
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 难 |
nán |
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good |
| 难 |
nàn |
disaster / distress / to scold |
| 收 |
shōu |
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) |