"一言既に出ずれば駟馬も追い難し" meaning in Japanese

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Proverb

Forms: 一言既に出ずれば駟馬も追い難し [canonical] (ruby: (いち), (ごん), (すで), (), (), (), (), (がた)), ichigon sude ni izureba shiba mo oi gatashi [romanization]
Etymology: Calque from Literary Chinese 一言既出,駟馬難追/一言既出,驷马难追. Etymology templates: {{cal|ja|lzh|-}} Calque from Literary Chinese, {{zh-l|一言既出,駟馬難追|tr=-}} 一言既出,駟馬難追/一言既出,驷马难追 Head templates: {{ja-phrase|いちごん すで に いずれば しば も おい がたし}} 一(いち)言(ごん)既(すで)に出(い)ずれば駟(し)馬(ば)も追(お)い難(がた)し • (ichigon sude ni izureba shiba mo oi gatashi)
  1. a word once spoken is hard to catch even with a four-horse carriage; a word once spoken cannot be undone
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