駟馬難追

Chinese

		team of four horses	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	pursue (a problem); to chase
trad. (駟馬難追)		駟馬	難	追
simp. (驷马难追)		驷马	难	追

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìmǎnánzhuī

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ zeoi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-má-lân-tui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìmǎnánzhuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmǎnánjhuei
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-ma³-nan²-chui¹
  - Yale: sz̀-mǎ-nán-jwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmaananjuei
  - Palladius: сымананьчжуй (symananʹčžuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ zeoi¹
  - Yale: si máh nàahn jēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ maa⁵ naan⁴ dzoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ ma⁵ nan⁴ zêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ maː¹³ naːn²¹ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-má-lân-tui
  - Tâi-lô: sù-má-lân-tui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suomaflanduy
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ mã⁵³ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ tui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ mã⁴¹ lan²³⁻³³ tui⁴⁴/

Idiom

駟馬難追

words cannot be taken back once they are spoken

Derived terms

一言既出，駟馬難追／一言既出，驷马难追 (yīyánjìchū, sìmǎnánzhuī)
君子一言，駟馬難追／君子一言，驷马难追 (jūnzǐ yīyán, sìmǎ nánzhuī)

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