See 覆水難收 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "First attested in the Book of the Later Han.",
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{
"form": "覆水难收",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "It is difficult to retrieve water after (its container) has been knocked over",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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"source": "w"
},
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{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
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"glosses": [
"there's no point crying over spilt milk"
],
"id": "en-覆水難收-zh-phrase-dbCJOKi6",
"links": [
[
"there's no point crying over spilt milk",
"there's no point crying over spilt milk"
]
],
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],
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"Book of the Later Han"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fùshuǐnánshōu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fuk¹ seoi² naan⁴ sau¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fùshuǐnánshōu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fùshuěinánshou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "fu⁴-shui³-nan²-shou¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fù-shwěi-nán-shōu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "fuhshoeinanshou"
},
{
"roman": "fušujnanʹšou",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "фушуйнаньшоу"
},
{
"ipa": "/fu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fuk¹ seoi² naan⁴ sau¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fūk séui nàahn sāu"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fuk⁷ soey² naan⁴ sau¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fug¹ sêu² nan⁴ seo¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/fʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ naːn²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "覆水難收"
}
{
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "It is difficult to retrieve water after (its container) has been knocked over",
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 收",
"Chinese terms spelled with 水",
"Chinese terms spelled with 覆",
"Chinese terms spelled with 難",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"glosses": [
"there's no point crying over spilt milk"
],
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"there's no point crying over spilt milk",
"there's no point crying over spilt milk"
]
],
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"idiomatic"
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"Book of the Later Han"
]
}
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fùshuǐnánshōu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fuk¹ seoi² naan⁴ sau¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fùshuǐnánshōu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fùshuěinánshou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "fu⁴-shui³-nan²-shou¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fù-shwěi-nán-shōu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "fuhshoeinanshou"
},
{
"roman": "fušujnanʹšou",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "фушуйнаньшоу"
},
{
"ipa": "/fu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fuk¹ seoi² naan⁴ sau¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fūk séui nàahn sāu"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fuk⁷ soey² naan⁴ sau¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fug¹ sêu² nan⁴ seo¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/fʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ naːn²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "覆水難收"
}
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