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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 覆水难收
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 64,731 | 30,074 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 复 | fù | - variant of 復|复[fu4] - to reply to a letter |
| 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 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (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) |
Other Words Containing 覆水难收
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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