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字词 一言既出, 驷马难追。
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一言既出, 驷马难追。

Yī yán jì chū, sìmǎ nán zhuī.*

一言既出, 駟馬難追。

Lit Once a word [has been] said, [even] a team of four horses cannot overtake it.

Fig What has been said cannot be unsaid.

Note [Cf. the Song dynasty author Ouyang Xiu's Bǐ Shuō; JW, chap. 83; see also jūnzǐ yī yán above; note: sìmǎ-nánzhuī is used alone as a set phrase meaning “What has been said cannot be unsaid.”]

Topics Bǐ Shuō CAUTION COMMITMENT JW Ouyang Xiu PROMISES sìmǎ-nánzhuī TALK WORDS

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