泼出去的水 (潑出去的水)
pō chū qù de shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

泼出去的水 (潑出去的水)
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pō chū qù de shuǐ
  1. spilt water
  2. (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved
  3. spilt milk

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
de
  1. 1 of
  2. 2 ~'s (possessive particle)
  3. 3 (used after an attribute)
  4. 4 (used to form a nominal expression)
  5. 5 (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)

Idioms (20)

一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept