what has been cannot be withdrawn(sì mǎ bù zhuī)

what has been cannot be withdrawn

Sima buzhui, a Chinese idiom, is s ì m ǎ B ù Zhu ī in pinyin, which means you can't take it back if you say something. It comes from Deng Xizi's zhuanci.

Idiom explanation

If you say something, you can't take it back. It's the same as "it's hard to recover.".

The origin of Idioms

In zhuanci of Deng Xizi: "a word but not, Sima can't pursue; a word but urgent, Sima can't reach." "Wei Shu · penalty annals": "He De is not the book of the right punishment, which is implemented all over the world. Once the name of the sentence is lost, it will not be pursued. "

Idiom usage

As a predicate or clause; used to keep one's word

Chinese PinYin : sì mǎ bù zhuī