spilled water cannot be gathered up(fù shuǐ nán shōu)

spilled water cannot be gathered up

It's a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is f ù Shu ǐ n á NSH ō u, which means that the water on the ground is hard to recover. It means that things are settled and hard to recover. It comes from the biography of He Jin in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

The past is done and the past is hard to recover

The origin of Idioms

"Is it easy to deal with a country? If you don't accept the water, you should think deeply about it. "

Idiom usage

This is a man of such talent that he can get married soon enough. Why don't Wanzhuan become him. Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

In the last years of the Shang Dynasty, there was a resourceful man named Jiang Taigong. Because the ancestors granted it to Lu, it is also known as Lu Shang. He assisted King Wen and King Wu of Zhou to attack and destroy the Shang Dynasty and establish the Zhou Dynasty. Later, he was granted the title of Qi, the ancestor of Qi in the spring and Autumn period. Jiang Taigong once served as an official in the Shang Dynasty. Because he was dissatisfied with the tyrannical rule of King Zhou, he abandoned his official position and lived in seclusion along the Weishui River in Shaanxi Province. In order to gain the important position of Jichang (King Wen of Zhou), the leader of the Zhou nationality, he often pretended to fish by the river with a straight hook without bait. Jiang Taigong fished all day long, and his family's livelihood was in trouble. His wife, Ma Shi, thought that he was poor and worthless, so she didn't want to live with him any more and wanted to leave him. Jiang Taigong repeatedly advised her not to do so, and said that one day he would get rich. But Ma thinks he's lying to her with empty words. He doesn't believe it anyway. Jiang Taigong had no choice but to let her go. Later, Jiang Taigong finally gained the trust and importance of King Wen of Zhou, and helped King Wu of Zhou unite with other princes to attack and destroy the Shang Dynasty and establish the Western Zhou Dynasty. Seeing that he was rich and influential, Ma regretted that he had left him. He found Jiang Taigong and asked to restore the relationship with him. Jiang Taigong had seen through Ma's character and didn't want to resume the relationship with her, so he poured a pot of water on the ground and asked Ma to put it away. Mahalanobis rushed to the ground to get water, but only received some mud. So Jiang Taigong said to her coldly, "you have left me, so you can't be together any more. It's like water on the ground. It's hard to get it back! " In the Western Han Dynasty, there lived a scholar Zhu Maichen and his wife Cui's family at the foot of dome mountain in Wuxian county (now Wuzhong District of Suzhou). Zhu Maichen was honest and kind. He studied hard every day, but he had bad luck and suffered many setbacks. His family was poor, and he could not make a living. He only got to cut firewood on the dome mountain. over the years, Cui lived a miserable life with her husband. Gradually, she became impatient and her temper became worse and worse. She looked down on her husband's poor appearance from her heart and spoke bitterly. Zhu Maichen had no choice but to endure in silence. One day, it was freezing and snowing. Zhu Maichen was hungry and was forced by Cui to cut firewood on the mountain. He thought that if he cut more firewood and sold it, and bought back rice and noodles, his wife would be happy. But Cui had another plan: she asked the matchmaker to find her new husband, carpenter Zhang. As soon as Zhu Maichen entered the house, Cui asked him to write a letter of divorce. Zhu Maichen painfully asked his wife to be patient for a while. When his fortune turns, life will be better. Cui firmly said that even if Zhu Maichen became a senior official in the future and became a beggar himself, he would not beg him. Zhu Maichen saw that she completely ignored the love between husband and wife for many years, so he had to write a divorce. Before long, Zhu Maichen was recommended by his fellow countryman Yan Zhu, who was an official in the imperial court. In the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu appointed Zhu Maichen as the prefect of Kuaiji. Cui was flustered. She thought how could the carpenter compare with the prefect? The Empress Dowager's wife is enjoying splendor and wealth! She decided to go to Zhu Maichen instead of her current husband. Cui, disheveled and barefoot, ran to Zhu Maichen and begged him to allow him to return to Zhu's home. Zhu Maichen, sitting on a horse with a high head, asked someone to bring a basin of water and pour it on the horse. He told Cui that if he could take the water back into the basin, he would promise her to come back. After hearing the words, Cui knew that fate was over. She was ashamed and insane.

Chinese PinYin : fù shuǐ nán shōu