覆水難收
See also: 覆水难收
Chinese
- to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
water; river disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not goodto receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)trad. (覆水難收) 覆 水 難 收 simp. (覆水难收) 覆 水 难 收 Literally: “It is difficult to retrieve water after (its container) has been knocked over”.
Etymology
From the Book of the Later Han.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhshoeinanshou
- IPA (key): /fu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ na̠n³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fuk1 seoi2 naan4 sau1
- Yale: fūk séui nàahn sāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: fuk7 soey2 naan4 sau1
- Guangdong Romanization: fug1 sêu2 nan4 seo1
- IPA (key): /fʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ nɑːn²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
覆水難收
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